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Researchers predict material with record-setting melting point [4,400 kelvins / 7,460°F]
phys.org ^
| 07-27-2015
| by Kevin Stacey & Provided by: Brown University
Posted on 07/27/2015 10:36:43 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
what are the implication/applications?
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posted on
07/27/2015 10:38:58 AM PDT
by
brivette
(lol~)
To: Red Badger
Any chem/science geniuses out there know what this might mean in terms of practical applications?
To: Red Badger
The former record holder: GI Chocolate, issued with rations during WW II.
To: brivette; Jack Hammer
Jet engines, Automobile engines that won’t melt and can run more efficiently....................
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07/27/2015 10:41:21 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/27/2015 10:43:29 AM PDT
by
shotgun
To: Jack Hammer
Not a chem/science genius but I can speculate about the interior of jet engines and tiles for multi-mach aircraft.
To: brivette
what are the implication/applications? Skin for exo-atmospheric vehicles during reentry.
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posted on
07/27/2015 10:43:44 AM PDT
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rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: brivette
what are the implication/applications? It depends on if the material is also reasonably strong. It might have lots of aerospace applications.
The efficiency of an engine goes up the hotter it can run. Jet engines run as hot as they can without melting. Leading edges of jet planes also experience extreme heat.
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posted on
07/27/2015 10:43:54 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
To: Red Badger
Never heard’a hafnium. Is it half of a wholenium?
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posted on
07/27/2015 10:44:03 AM PDT
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JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: Jack Hammer
Improved heat tiles, if not for the space shuttle, then for future spacecraft that need to survive re-entry... here, or elsewhere (ie, entry thru the Martian atmosphere).
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posted on
07/27/2015 10:45:29 AM PDT
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C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
To: brivette
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posted on
07/27/2015 10:45:51 AM PDT
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Stormdog
(A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
To: rjsimmon
How about for nuclear reactor chambers? The Iranians are probably interested in this.....
To: Red Badger
Hafnium is a rather rare element. They won’t be making tons of the stuff.
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posted on
07/27/2015 10:49:05 AM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(Islam is a cancer on civilization.)
To: JimRed
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07/27/2015 10:49:17 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: brivette
Would make a great crucible lining ...
Maybe the “hot fusion” crowd could use it.
Assuming the stuff can actually be synthesized.
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posted on
07/27/2015 10:49:27 AM PDT
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NorthMountain
("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
To: beethovenfan
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07/27/2015 10:49:58 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: JimRed
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posted on
07/27/2015 10:52:48 AM PDT
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NorthMountain
("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
To: JimRed
Hafnium is used in most of the latest silicon microprocessors. The gate dielectric - one of the main components of a transistor - is now commonly made with hafnium oxide rather than silicon dioxide for it’s superior electrical properties.
To: JimRed
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07/27/2015 10:53:35 AM PDT
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Fiddlstix
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