Articles tagged with Metallic Glasses
Researchers at Ames Laboratory have developed a novel composite material that combines tungsten and metallic glass to create an armor-piercing projectile. The nanostructured material exhibits self-sharpening behavior, making it a potential replacement for depleted uranium in kinetic energy penetrators.
Johns Hopkins engineers discover that metallic glass atoms form unique Kasper polyhedra, joining together in clusters and forming cavities. This breakthrough advances materials science knowledge and paves the way for intelligent design techniques to create materials with precise mechanical characteristics.
A new computational method developed by Widom and colleagues allows scientists to virtually predict the formation of amorphous metals and identify potential mixtures for metallic glass production. This approach has shown promising results in generating metallic glasses with remarkable corrosion resistance, strength, and elasticity.
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have successfully formed pure zirconium metal into glass at temperatures one-third of its melting point and pressures over 50,000 times atmospheric pressure. This breakthrough could lead to the development of stronger materials for various applications.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are creating new metallic glasses with superior strength, elasticity, and magnetic properties. These materials can be molded into a final shape and exhibit distinct mechanical and magnetic properties due to their random atomic structure.