Scientists Unveil "World's Lightest Material"
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Huh.
And I was just a little while ago busying myself with imagining what it would be like with a material that's arranged like chainmail on a molecular level.
Maybe it won't be as impossible as I thought.
You're not saying anything about how much it costs to produce this material though...
I remember being super excited about graphene (which is awesome by the way) until I found out that producing it is so ludicrously expensive it's practically useless in anything other than microchips.
And I was just a little while ago busying myself with imagining what it would be like with a material that's arranged like chainmail on a molecular level.
Maybe it won't be as impossible as I thought.
You're not saying anything about how much it costs to produce this material though...
I remember being super excited about graphene (which is awesome by the way) until I found out that producing it is so ludicrously expensive it's practically useless in anything other than microchips.
This could be great for portable computers and so forth. Alongside the usual raghead-killing applications that stuff like this is initially snapped up for by our Brave Boys.
Everyone seems to be celebrating a little too early if you ask Mr. Cynical here. Fact is despite the years of further study in order to mass produce etc. if the US military are interested in it, it'll be many-a-decade before us plebs get a hold of it for practical uses.
Tis quite impressive however.
Tis quite impressive however.
as peeps on FB already said, I think Mithril is a very good name for a super light and strong metal. 
That little dandelion-topping bit of the stuff must cost a fortune... Regardless, I eagerly await the moment when my bicycle is light as air... On second thought, it'd probably be a ***** to control.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised by the comments I'm reading, this being a games site after all. But surely there must be a few engineers or scientists here.
First of all this not a new metal. It's not in the same category as stainless steel or titanium or aluminum. It's a cleverly designed and constructed material. More in the vein of honeycomb or a sponge.
Also there is no mention anywhere of its strength or stiffness. All you people wondering how this is going to affect space flight or gundam suits may as wonder how this material is going to change cuisine.
First of all this not a new metal. It's not in the same category as stainless steel or titanium or aluminum. It's a cleverly designed and constructed material. More in the vein of honeycomb or a sponge.
Also there is no mention anywhere of its strength or stiffness. All you people wondering how this is going to affect space flight or gundam suits may as wonder how this material is going to change cuisine.
Mithril？ why so "fantasy"? it's suppose to be Si-Fi! "Gundamnium"! With this HARD LIGHT WEIGHT METAL, we can now make GIANT ROBOTS!~
WW3, War Mechs, FAST, DEADLY, Nearly indestructible... one flaw... tear gas, or rain.. because "fabricated metal" have TINY HOLES, gas comes RIGHT THROUGH!
WW3, War Mechs, FAST, DEADLY, Nearly indestructible... one flaw... tear gas, or rain.. because "fabricated metal" have TINY HOLES, gas comes RIGHT THROUGH!
i have 3 questions:
1. how strong it is? how much energy can it hold out withotu breaking? structure liek this shoudnt be extremely tough, so dont expect cars from that.
2. how much does it cost to manufacture? or is it just like manufactured gold, too expensive to bother?
3 what alien race did it came from?
1. how strong it is? how much energy can it hold out withotu breaking? structure liek this shoudnt be extremely tough, so dont expect cars from that.
2. how much does it cost to manufacture? or is it just like manufactured gold, too expensive to bother?
3 what alien race did it came from?
