Aug

6

New Alloy Raises Superconductivity Hope

August 6, 2020 | 1 Comment

The possibility of achieving room temperature superconductivity took a tiny step forward with a recent discovery by a team of Penn State physicists and materials scientists. The surprising discovery involved layering a two-dimensional material called molybdenum sulfide with another material called molybdenum carbide. Molybdenum carbide is a known superconductor – electrons can flow through the […]

Sep

9

The First Super Metal of the 21st Century

September 9, 2014 | 1 Comment

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has released information about a new concept in metallic alloy design called “high-entropy alloys”. The multi-element high-entropy alloy not only tests out as one of the toughest materials on record, but, unlike most materials, the toughness as well as the strength and ductility of this alloy actually improves at cryogenic temperatures. […]

Jun

14

Now There Is Super Steel

June 14, 2011 | 3 Comments

Detroit inventor Gary Cola working at his proprietary lab setup at SFP Works, LLC. has developed a heat treating process for steel that produces a super steel 7 percent stronger than any steel on record – in less than 10 seconds. The new super steel, now trademarked as Flash Bainite, has tested stronger and more […]

Mar

1

Now Metal Bottles and Other Blown Metal Shapes

March 1, 2011 | 2 Comments

A Yale University team led by Jan Schroers, a materials scientist, are showing that some recently developed bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) that are metal alloys with randomly arranged atoms instead of the orderly, crystalline structure found in ordinary metals – can be blow molded like plastics into complex shapes that can’t be achieved using regular […]

Oct

28

Small Is Good In the Viscous Zone

October 28, 2010 | 4 Comments

Duke Pratt School of Engineering scientists with colleagues at the University of Cambridge presented theoretical and experimental evidence of a viscous state for nanoparticles near their melting point in a ACS Nano published paper. The state exists over a temperature range scaling inversely with the catalyst size, resulting in enhanced self-diffusion and fluidity across the […]

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