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Stronger Than Steel, Novel Metals Are as Moldable as Plastic
Science Daily ^
| 02-28-2011
| Staff
Posted on 02/28/2011 8:06:03 PM PST by Red Badger
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REARDEN METAL!......
To: Red Badger
To: decimon; neverdem
In before the “Hello Computer” graphic from ST4.
You made me a life of ashes, I’ll take bulk metallic glasses.
Thanks Red Badger.
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posted on
02/28/2011 8:11:01 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: Red Badger
Ya’ beat me to it. Hank would’ve been proud.
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posted on
02/28/2011 8:12:09 PM PST
by
BipolarBob
(Even the earth is bipolar.)
To: Red Badger
This stuff sounds like it is no less dense than steel, so it wouldn’t quite be a Rearden metal — but it could possibly be used for applications where only electroplating processes would have worked in the past, especially if shrink-molding is as easy as blow-molding. Being low-melting it might not be usable in internal-combustion engines, which is a pity.
To: Red Badger
“For decades, materials scientists have been trying to come up with just such an ideal substance...”
Ever since July, 1947, in fact.
To: Jack Hammer
What happened in July 1947?......
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posted on
02/28/2011 8:22:32 PM PST
by
Red Badger
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To: Jack Hammer
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posted on
02/28/2011 8:23:11 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Red Badger
Roswell Incident July 1947
To: ClearCase_guy
Oh, I was thinking thermo nuclear explosion........
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posted on
02/28/2011 8:28:15 PM PST
by
Red Badger
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To: ClearCase_guy
To: SunkenCiv
I guess ZZ Top will have to rewrite their song....
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posted on
02/28/2011 8:30:23 PM PST
by
Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
I was thinking mithril....
To: ClearCase_guy
ahahahah - my first thought!
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posted on
02/28/2011 8:34:48 PM PST
by
maine-iac7
("We stand together or we fall apart" mt)
To: Red Badger
The Army Air Force recovered the wreckage of a UFO made of metal such as this, and has been attempting to ‘reverse engineer’ it ever since.
To: Red Badger
I wonder if Degaussing would be of benefit?
I have forgotten everything I know about metallurgy.
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posted on
02/28/2011 8:39:28 PM PST
by
mylife
(Opinions: $1.00 ~ Halfbaked: 50c)
To: Red Badger
![](http://images.sciencedaily.com/2011/02/110228164853.jpg)
the stuff of spaceships?
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posted on
02/28/2011 8:41:26 PM PST
by
maine-iac7
("We stand together or we fall apart" mt)
To: Paladin2
To: Red Badger
bulk metallic glasses Scotty, do you have any transparent aluminum?
To: Red Badger
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