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New super strong alloy discovered

(PhysOrg.com) -- International team of researchers has discovered a new super-strength light alloy and had their key findings published in Nature Communications.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (41) | comments 29 | with audio podcast

'Space ball' drops on Namibia

A large metallic ball fell out of the sky on a remote grassland in Namibia, prompting baffled authorities to contact NASA and the European space agency.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (31) | comments 54

Santa's Sleigh: Researcher Explains Science Behind St. Nick's Christmas Magic

(PhysOrg.com) -- Santa skeptics have long considered St. Nick’s ability to deliver toys to the world’s good girls and boys in the course of one night a scientific impossibility. But new research shows that ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (26) | comments 7

Glass you can build with: Metallic glass that's stronger and lasts longer

(PhysOrg.com) -- The normal structure of metals is crystalline. Glass, on the other hand, is amorphous. But it's possible to make amorphous forms of metal, metallic glasses, which can be remarkably strong, ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (27) | comments 11

Scientists find an equation for materials innovation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Princeton engineers have made a breakthrough in an 80-year-old quandary in quantum physics, paving the way for the development of new materials that could make electronic devices smaller and ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (24) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Patterned media technique achieves Terabit data recording densities

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an effort to increase the recording densities of hard disk drives, patterned media has become one of the most promising strategies for achieving recording densities beyond 1 Tbit/in2. In pattern ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (23) | comments 9 | with audio podcast feature

An impossible alloy now possible

What has been impossible has now been shown to be possible - an alloy between two incompatible elements. The findings are being published in this week's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA.

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (21) | comments 8

Japan nano-tech team creates palladium-like alloy: report

Japanese researchers have created an alloy with properties similar to palladium, a precious metal used in many high-tech goods, a news report said Thursday, dubbing the breakthrough "present-day alchemy".

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 30, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (19) | comments 14

Hydrogen-rich Material Promises Advances in Energy Transmission, Fuel Storage

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science, a joint institute of SLAC and Stanford University, have produced a hydrogen-rich alloy that could provide insight into ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (21) | comments 12

Researchers develop alternative to gold in electrical applications

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Connecticut, partnering with United Technologies Research Center (East Hartford, CT) engineers, have modeled and developed new classes of alloy materials for ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Oct 13, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

1,000 mph car to be built next year

(PhysOrg.com) -- The "Bloodhound SSC," a car expected to be able to travel at 1,000 mph (around 1,600 km/h) or faster, is on track to be constructed in the UK early next year. The design was finalized last ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 13 | with audio podcast report

Novel alloy could produce hydrogen fuel from sunlight

Scientists from the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville have determined that an inexpensive semiconductor material can be "tweaked" to generate hydrogen from water using sunlight.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Swiss researchers create unscratchable gold

(PhysOrg.com) -- EPFL scientists have created 18-karat gold that's harder than tempered steel and virtually unscratchable.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Hydrogen-generating technology might power boats, store energy from wind, solar sources

Researchers have developed a method that uses aluminum and a liquid alloy to extract hydrogen from seawater to run engines in boats and ships, representing a potential replacement for gasoline and diesel fuel ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 25, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Phase change memory-based 'moneta' system points to the future of computer storage

A University of California, San Diego faculty-student team is about to demonstrate a first-of-its kind, phase-change memory solid state storage device that provides performance thousands of times faster than ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Alloy

An alloy is a mixture or metallic solid solution composed of two or more elements. Complete solid solution alloys give single solid phase microstructure, while partial solutions give two or more phases that may or may not be homogeneous in distribution, depending on thermal (heat treatment) history. Alloys usually have different properties from those of the component elements.

Alloy constituents are usually measured by mass. Alloys are usually classified as substitutional or interstitial alloys, depending on the atomic arrangement that forms the alloy. They can be further classified as homogeneous, consisting of a single phase, heterogeneous, consisting of two or more phases, or intermetallic, where there is no distinct boundary between phases.

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