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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He was fiddling through a restless retirement in Nashville in 1991 after selling his thermoplastics business to Exxon, when the driver's side window of the car stopped fitting flush into the door.

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It is biodegradable, safe enough to be used as food packaging, can be processed like existing thermoplastics into coloured or transparent material and can be manufactured from renewable resources such as maize and sugarcane.

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