Scientists in Japan working to stretch the limits of super-elastic materials have made a significant breakthrough, demonstrating a new iron-based alloy that endures extremely high and low temperatures ...
New research suggests that the Earth's solid inner core is softer and more dynamic than previously thought, changing ideas.
Aperam, a global player in stainless, electrical, alloys and specialty steels as well as recycling and renewables, announces the launch of its innovative 'slinky” production method - a new technology ...
The best materials are, by and large, the most expensive: carbon fiber, diamond and scandium all have properties to lust for, but an eye-watering price tag to match. Now, material scientists have ...
Since their relatively recent appearance on the commercial scene, rare-earth magnets have made quite a splash in the public imagination. The amount of magnetic energy packed into these tiny, shiny ...
Professor Dallas Trinkle and colleagues have provided the first quantitative explanation for how magnetic fields slow carbon ...
This article was updated May 18, 2023. It was originally published Nov. 15, 2002. Cast iron, by definition, is any iron alloy with more than 2% carbon and uses that carbon as the main alloying ...
Few people realise that the nickel-iron alloy, Invar, plays a crucial part in so many of their household controls and office appliances. This role was established soon after its discovery 100 years ...
The Unified Numbering System (UNS) for Metals and Alloys is established to correlate several internationally used alloy and metal numbering systems, which are now commonly used by trade associations, ...