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Researchers Confirm Discovery of Floating Aluminium
Aluminium Insider ^
| 23 September 2017
Posted on 09/24/2017 5:38:59 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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09/24/2017 5:39:00 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
My colleagues approach to this challenge was very innovative, explained Boldyrev. They started with a known crystal lattice, in this case, a diamond, and substituted every carbon atom with an aluminum tetrahedron.This is certainly very ingenious. The article misses one minor detail, though. How do you actually MAKE this ingenious material, which is 1/4 the density of currently produced aluminum?
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posted on
09/24/2017 5:47:55 AM PDT
by
norwaypinesavage
(The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/24/2017 5:53:19 AM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Take Covfefe Ree Zig!)
To: BenLurkin
For one thing, we dont know anything about its strength.I would think that would be a key parameter to figure out before thinking of ways to use the material.
Another key property would be its toxicity profile.
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posted on
09/24/2017 5:54:51 AM PDT
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exDemMom
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To: Larry Lucido
I was thinking that someone needs to post a picture of a boat. Thanks!
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posted on
09/24/2017 5:55:37 AM PDT
by
stayathomemom
( Read Shadow Men, The Progressive Virus, and The Marxist Playbook by Dr. Anthony Napoleon)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/24/2017 5:57:17 AM PDT
by
I-ambush
(If we make it, we'll all sit back and laugh, but I fear tomorrow I'll be crying)
To: BenLurkin
Didn’t Scottie demonstrate transparent aluminum in a Star Trek movie? The one where they had to save a whale?
And better light aluminum than Ice - 9 !
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Lighter than water aluminum. Nice.
Now, how do you make it into a product. If you melt it to fill a mold it won’t be crystalline anymore, thus it will revert to beer can aluminum again.
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posted on
09/24/2017 6:06:26 AM PDT
by
BuffaloJack
( Merit Based Immigration not Illegal Colonizers)
To: BenLurkin
If it is strong enough and not too brittle, it should be an excellent material for aircraft.
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posted on
09/24/2017 6:10:51 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Pearls Before Swine
We have transparent aluminum now.
It’s an oxide - basically artificial sapphire.
It’s also phenomenally expensive to set up a manufacturing plant for it and so far it’s only been used to protect optics on satellites and in military applications.
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posted on
09/24/2017 6:15:57 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: MrEdd
“It’s an oxide.”
You linked in an oxygen atom.
I see what you did there.
To: exDemMom
For one thing, we dont know anything about its strength.Good question, but there are more as well. Ease of manufacture, workability,...
Rosy scenario: cheap to produce, moldable, workable with common hand tools, this stuff replaces wood, traditional metal, and most plastics immediately. Within a decade, anyone can own a rustproof car, an unsinkable boat, a forever home...
Not-so-rosy scenario: After spending years and billions of dollars, scientists claim it's almost as good as Styrofoam and only 5K a pound!
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posted on
09/24/2017 6:17:58 AM PDT
by
ZOOKER
(Until further notice the /s is implied...)
To: Larry Lucido
That rowboat isn’t floating because the aluminum is lighter than water. It floats because it displaces an equal mass of water.
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posted on
09/24/2017 6:21:26 AM PDT
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IronJack
(sh)
To: ZOOKER
Forever and retail are not two words that spend too much time together.
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posted on
09/24/2017 6:24:51 AM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Burn. It. Down.)
To: HangnJudge
I imagined something more like this:
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posted on
09/24/2017 6:25:34 AM PDT
by
Lx
(Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")
To: BenLurkin
Floating Aluminum? I’ve see that many times... They are called Aluminum Boats..
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posted on
09/24/2017 6:34:31 AM PDT
by
ConservaTeen
(Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The religion of Pedophilia...)
To: ConservaTeen
That’s not how boats work. Aluminum is heavier than water. Google buoyancy.
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posted on
09/24/2017 6:47:51 AM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
(Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
To: ConservaTeen
A floating vessel displaces and equal amount of water by weight. If an aluminum(or wood etc.) boat weighs 50 pounds then in displaces 50 pounds of H20.
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posted on
09/24/2017 6:51:03 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: ConservaTeen
Displacement ... put a flat piece of aluminum on water - watch it sink. A boat made of steel floats because its shape displaces water, but that does not equal floating steel.
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posted on
09/24/2017 6:52:00 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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