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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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To: ClearCase_guy
That was just a weather balloon..... ;)
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posted on
02/28/2011 9:21:04 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: Red Badger; Tigerized
Cool! Suitable for aircraft?
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posted on
02/28/2011 9:22:52 PM PST
by
bootless
(Never Forget. Never Again. (PursuingLiberty.com))
To: Jack Hammer
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posted on
02/28/2011 9:24:19 PM PST
by
Red Badger
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To: bootless
I would asume so......and car parts......
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posted on
02/28/2011 9:25:55 PM PST
by
Red Badger
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To: precisionshootist
May be the 'flow metal' from Dune.......
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posted on
02/28/2011 9:27:23 PM PST
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Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
“Imagine a material that’s stronger than steel, but just as versatile as plastic, able to take on a seemingly endless variety of forms.”
I can’t read sentences like that with being reminded of Charlie Sheen’s recent interviews. Just add “Winning!” on the end.
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posted on
03/01/2011 3:49:41 AM PST
by
B.Lyle
To: Jack Hammer
Haslacher, Alfred B.
Patent 2423237 - issued 7/47
Referenced in a number of later superplastic forming patents for some reason.
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posted on
03/01/2011 6:04:59 AM PST
by
Paladin2
To: bootless
Cool! Suitable for aircraft?
I don't think I'm interested, in a blow molded bridge, but a blow molded airplane fuselage made of metal sounds better than a FRP airplane.
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posted on
03/01/2011 6:07:38 AM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Jack Hammer
Ever since July, 1947, in fact. I was thinking the same thing as I read the article. Great minds think alike!
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posted on
03/01/2011 7:01:59 AM PST
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GingisK
To: Red Badger
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posted on
03/01/2011 5:38:31 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: SunkenCiv
Made of bulk metal glass!.....
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posted on
03/01/2011 5:48:10 PM PST
by
Red Badger
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