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?
2 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: norwaypinesavage
It’s a real “computer model” just like climate change.
33 posted on
09/24/2017 8:22:11 AM PDT by
aquila48
To: norwaypinesavage
To: norwaypinesavage; BenLurkin; SoothingDave; NicknamedBob
I saw that too.
What they “created” was a computer MODEL of the intended lattice with these features. Now, they got MAKE IT before they can build anything with it. (And the tests have to be as successful as the theory predicts before planes will fly with it.)
41 posted on
09/24/2017 9:38:22 AM PDT by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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