MIT Makes Titanium Alloys Tougher and More Flexible Than Ever

https://scitechdaily.com ^ | SEPTEMBER 3, 2024 | DAVID L. CHANDLER

[Jonty30]

By being able to alloy metals, down to the molecular level, stuff like the Starship Enterprise just got a whole lot closer.

I want a sword. Then I want to go back in time and join the Crusades.

[ClearCase_guy]

I’m glad they’re making this stuff better.
I look at how the US treats Israel and I just think that we are the worst alloy ever.

[GaltAdonis]

ALLOY THERE, MATE!

[Organic Panic]

If it is easier to machine in my shop...l I will make fortunes. I mostly refuse titanium machining. Just not worth the headache.

[Organic Panic]

My most hated alloy is 30x stainless. I hate the stuff.

[Jonty30]

Now they can make 30X + 1

[riverrunner]

My son does very little titanium machining in his shop.

[Sirius Lee]

Good ol’ tritanium

[Jonty30]

This story is not just about titanium. They found the principle to customizing titanium alloys. Presumably, you can adapt the principles to any metal you want.

Iron, tin, magnesium, aluminum, titnium, nickel, copper.

[one guy in new jersey]

With alloys like this, who needs antimony?

[one guy in new jersey]

“..titnium...”

Tell us more...

[Jonty30]

It’s an alloy, ok?

[one guy in new jersey]

Just horsing around, J.

[Jonty30]

I know you were. :)

That’s why I didn’t admit to a spelling mistake and made it an alloy instead.

[pas]

Chinese reporting the same breakthrough any day now.

[Joe 6-pack]

Those puns reflect a criminal metality. I’m calling the coppers to put you in irons.

[Pontiac]

Maybe we’ll get some interesting copper alloys out of this.

Ductile bronze?

[Bonemaker]

“This innovation could be used to produce metals with exceptional combinations of strength and ductility,”

Wouldn’t be Biden proof..nothing is.

[mistfree]

Seven days without a pun makes one weak!

[MeanWestTexan]

If you go back, think artillery, chemical weapons, and repeating rifles, please.