It's not transparent Aluminum...

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It's not transparent Aluminum...

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but it is a metallic glass - and said to be the strongest and toughest material discovered yet:

http://www.dailytech.com/New+Metallic+G ... e20627.htm
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Re: It's not transparent Aluminum...

Post by Mikey »

I'm not sure I understand. The article refers to strength as "damage resistance," but that's not really strength. Is this material the strongest by way of yield strength, tensile strength, or RBM of a given cross-section?
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