Liquidmetal is an alloy that is strong and resistant to corrosion and scratches, and has a similar moulding ability to that of thermoplastics.
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Many French horns, for example, are made of nickel silver, an alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel (it's silver in name and color only), and some are made of nickel bronze, an alloy of copper, tin, and nickel. (Brass itself is an alloy of copper and zinc.) Many brass instruments are silver-plated (sterling silver on brass), and some are gold-plated.
One problem is that Alloy's businesses are too disparate, says Steven Martin, a portfolio manager at Slater Capital Management in New York City, which has a 5% stake in Alloy.
If your business is selling alloy wheels in Manchester, then you can deliver your adverts to men aged 20-30 who live within 10 miles of the city and like Top Gear and Max Power.
The second use is in an alloy with platinum in catalysts for oil refineries.
An Oscar, once made with bronze, is now pewter alloy at its core.
The spheres are then dissolved to leave a 3D-metal scaffold onto which a nickel-tin alloy is added to form the anode, and a mineral called manganese oxyhydroxide to form the cathode.
The unit is packaged in a magnesium alloy top-and-bottom case that is 20 times stronger than ABS plastic.
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The alloy mount is lighter and more durable than a steel one, but it can't be repaired if seriously bent.
The copper-alloy mirror is similar to the Portesham Mirror - already part of the museum's collection - which was acquired in 1994.
Preventing this process using an iron-free, corrosion-resistant alloy barrier is particularly important in a city like Boston, where the air is damp and laden with salt water.
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As with the other Latitude 10 configurations, the new tablet is framed in magnesium alloy and covered with soft-touch paint for enhanced durability and a good grip.
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The R830 looks the same, though it has a strip on the edge of the lid that looks like it's made of magnesium alloy, but is actually plastic -- a material that's expected to improve the signals of the the various antennae housed underneath it.
Another breakthrough from GM is a device that uses a material called shape memory alloy (SMA), which changes shape when it is heated.
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The radiator support in the new Ford F-150 is made out of a magnesium alloy.
In terms of design, this is indeed made of mag-alloy, with a total weight of three pounds, and it was tested in accordance with the military's MIL-STD 810G standards.
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The F12 (aluminum-alloy space-frame with alloy body panels) is actually smaller (2 inches shorter and 2.5 inches lower, as well as 154 pounds lighter) than the car it replaces, the 599GTB.
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Last month it placed ads in college newspapers and on a campus billboard network for Summit Entertainment, which is promoting a film based on an Alloy book about a high school senior who drives across the country to meet a girl he met online.
Both research groups use wire made of a standard alloy of nickel and iron that is easy to magnetise.
In addition, when Televisa reported earnings in mid-July, advertising revenue was down sharply from last year, although the drop-off to Christy is easily explained by certain quadrennial events that alloy Mexican viewers to their sets.
And yet, the Titanium interior is pretty artful, a sinuous composition in soft-touch materials, alloy-like painted trim, textured fabric, that piano-black plastic assuming your Steinway is made by Mattel and lots of electrons.
What's interesting is that although this has the same magnesium-alloy frame as all the other Series 9 laptops, the finish feels different: it's smoother, and warmer to the touch.
It's not a recipe--when it becomes one, the game is over--but an expression, an alloy of individuality, tradition, craft, integrity, and usually a passion for doing something well for its own sake.
Exactly what that copper content is is debatable: various sites give brass or bronze as the alloy and with different copper contents.
They are toughened with diamond-like carbon from the semiconductor industry and this is bonded on to the steel with niobium, a rare tin alloy normally used in superconducting magnets.
The Toughbook SX2 is designed to withstand a highly mobile work environment, Its magnesium alloy case and shock-mounted flex-connect hard drive allow it to handle up to a 30-inch drop to the base of the unit while operating, as well as a 12-inch drop from all other angles.
Like the paper-clip, the airframe and its alloy skin are stressed first in one direction as the cabin is pressurised while climbing to its cruising altitude, and then in the opposite direction when depressurised during descent for landing.
Going beyond the MIL-STD-810G certification with the ability to withstand a six-foot drop, and with a shock-mounted hard drive, magnesium alloy case and UL1604 Class I Division 2 certification, this mobile computer is optimized to operate in hazardous and mission-critical environments.
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It features a durable magnesium alloy case and with a 300MHz Pentium II brain and 64MB RAM, it is as powerful and compatible as most desktop computers.
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