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Scientists develop metallic glass

Metal Glass


Researches at Liquidmetal Technologies in Lake Forest, California are close to perfecting a new material called metallic glass that has puzzled scientists since the 1960s. The new material is said to be three times stronger than the best industrial steel and ten times springier. Metallic glass is created by cooling molten alloys extremely fast so that crystalization, which creates points of weakness, is stopped instantly, essentially giving the solid material the atomic properties of a liquid. So why isn't Moto busting out a metallic glass RAZR? The problem is that even though Liquidmetal has managed to refine the process of creating metallic glass,there are still a few issues to be worked out (like cost and brittleness) before it can be commercialized. Right now it's made of 60 percent platinum, something which automatically drives the price way up.