Corrosion. def: a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action.
Corrosion tends to be used for a continual process of deterioration whereas the oxidation coating formed on aluminium is very stable and prevents any further corrosion.
A similar thing happens with the carbon lattice in diamond; it is a hydrogen coating rather than oxygen though.
Looks like they are more like molecules (or rather metalic latice fragments). Calling them 'super atoms' is a little misleading; it make them sound like a man-made atom when they are not. Ionic-alloys might be better terminology.
Interesting though, if the process can be made cheap enough we may be able to mimic the properties of incredibly rare metals and use a man-made substitute in their stead.
AE
Cool. Stick that on a mini ITX system with an integrated touchscreen and you have a fully integrated home media system. Heck, I might even sink one into the surface of my desk at work and WiFi it to the work network.
"Hooray for extensions!"?
Hooray for an internet browser that fulfils the criteria of being a functional browser.
I have been struggling with IE for years and now I have a comfortable and easy to us browser that is actually configurable.
Wow.
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Either that or they want to be able to sync their world-wide collection of data-servers in an 'accpetable' length of time.
Corrosion. def: a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action.
Corrosion tends to be used for a continual process of deterioration whereas the oxidation coating formed on aluminium is very stable and prevents any further corrosion. A similar thing happens with the carbon lattice in diamond; it is a hydrogen coating rather than oxygen though.
AE
Looks like they are more like molecules (or rather metalic latice fragments). Calling them 'super atoms' is a little misleading; it make them sound like a man-made atom when they are not. Ionic-alloys might be better terminology. Interesting though, if the process can be made cheap enough we may be able to mimic the properties of incredibly rare metals and use a man-made substitute in their stead. AE
Cool. Stick that on a mini ITX system with an integrated touchscreen and you have a fully integrated home media system. Heck, I might even sink one into the surface of my desk at work and WiFi it to the work network.
Time to start saving for that touchscreen.
"Hooray for extensions!"? Hooray for an internet browser that fulfils the criteria of being a functional browser. I have been struggling with IE for years and now I have a comfortable and easy to us browser that is actually configurable. Wow.