Super-hard metal 'four times tougher than titanium'

BBC ^ | 07/22/2016 | Helen Briggs

[longfellow]

Holy wolverine,batman.

[Sybeck1]

adamantium

[fwdude]

I’m thinking more on the lines of Steve Austin (aging myself, I know.)

[MortMan]

Reardon metal.

[uncle fenders]

Using gold to make something harder seems so unlikely. It will be interesting to watch this over time.

[tomkat]

hardashellium

[Stentor]

Roswell.

[butlerweave]

This made me think of a xmas fruitcake

[BenLurkin]

Ah!

This explains why the aliens want our gold.

[fwdude]

This made me think of a xmas fruitcake

Or a Democrat's skull.

[IronJack]

Tougher than tungsten?

[Scrambler Bob]

So what happens when two pieces are rubbed against each other?

What gives?

[rjsimmon]

Unobtanium

[COBOL2Java]

I collect metals as a hobby. I’d love to get a sample (few grams would be nice), but I’d wager at this point beta-Ti3Au would be prohibitively expensive.

[COBOL2Java]

So what happens when two pieces are rubbed against each other?

What gives?

See you on the other side!

[Wolfie]

[Oratam]

[left that other site]

(((Shrug))))

[Stentor]

This explains why the aliens want our gold.

While it destroys the "you can't eat gold argument". You could trade it to the aliens for an interociter.