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Super Hard Steel

Posted by michael on from the codename:-mithril dept.

Sub_Dude writes: "Seems the folks at a Dept. of Energy lab have come up with a way to coat steel to make it harder. The process might be interesting to mechanical engineers out there, and because the article mentions nanotechnology, Hemos will like it. The press release is here, and an award for being "one of this year's top 100 technological achievements" is here."

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  1. Re:Cost to value.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful
    That assumes that the material would not be adversly effected by heat (of combustion, or of continuous friction).

    So give it 5-10 years before you expect to see it in somehting like an engine.