Science/Environment Clever alloy

[Wally Carter]

The applications for this stuff are endless.

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[Generalissimo]

I'll see your memory spring and raise you this stuff:

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[Wally Carter]

I show you a brilliant alloy and you attempt to trump that with iron filings and a magnet?

This is a science thread, not an art thread.

 

[bit_pattern]

Sweet. I remember reading about this stuff in New Scientist a few years back, this is the first time I've seen it in action.

 

[Chief]

Battletech will become reality!

 

[J_Moore]

The most urgent application is making me a pair of Wolverine claws.

 

[Cap]

I show you a brilliant alloy and you attempt to trump that with iron filings and a magnet?

This is a science thread, not an art thread.

thats what I was thinking, anything that gets put with cheesy mood music moves down a rank

 

[Generalissimo]

I show you a brilliant alloy and you attempt to trump that with iron filings and a magnet?

This is a science thread, not an art thread.

You show me a substance that changes shape when heat is applied and I show you one that changes shape when magnetic fields are applied.

Your problem is exactly... what?

 

[Wally Carter]

It is a Nickel/Titanium allow commonly known as "Nitinol".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_titanium

Now we know how Uri Geller managed to bend all those spoons.

 

[bit_pattern]

I went to a spoon bending party with a bunch of hippies in Peru once. Biggest crock of shit ever.

 

[evo]

Surely "spoon bending in Peru" is code for whacking up.

 

[bit_pattern]

Nah, that'd be spoon bending in Bankok I reckon

 

[skilts]

The announcement of such discoveries gives me unalloyed pleasure.

 

[Nasma]

Sweet. I remember reading about this stuff in New Scientist a few years back, this is the first time I've seen it in action.

I just love seeing stuff move from science articles to reality. I remember years ago reading about developments in LEDs, and how they were going to replace incandescents in traffic lights, and white ones would be used in torches, and now that's just normal.

I'm still waiting on 3D printers though.

 

[Ice-Wolf]

Im wondering could you use this in the body panels to staighten out minor damage like dents?

 

[Wally Carter]

Im wondering could you use this in the body panels to staighten out minor damage like dents?

It's probably not viable.

1. Nickel alloys would make a car heavier and drive up fuel costs.

2. This alloy is fairly inert, however Nickel is a known carcinogen and should be utilised sparingly.

 

[Docker Clint]

You show me a substance that changes shape when heat is applied and I show you one that changes shape when magnetic fields are applied.

Your problem is exactly... what?

What's the application for this?

 

[bit_pattern]

What the Hell is it Used For?

Ferrofluids have a lot of pretty mundane uses, from lubricating and protecting hard drives to providing heat conduction in speakers, but their primary use is in looking cool.

The ability to become solid or liquid with the application of a magnetic field also makes them perfect for computer assisted shock absorbers in Ferraris; NASA uses them for high-tech flight altitude assistance, and like a gyroscope in spacecraft. The Air Force uses their magnetic field absorbing properties to make aircraft invisible to radar and we like to think someday they'll be able to make super hot, futuristic robot dominatrices that we can store in a cup in the pantry when not in use.

http://www.cracked.com/article_17476_7-man-made-substances-that-laugh-in-face-physics.html