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Re:Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non... by cvg on Monday July 20, 2020 @11:08PM (#23904005)
Sounds amazing, but how will we dispose of this? Looks like 760 C is required to form this. I imagine it will need to be heated above this to dispose of.
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Re:Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non... by liability on Monday July 20, 2020 @11:36PM (#23904141)
That's hardly more than the melting point of aluminum (which is a large part of what this is made with.) It's much less than the melting point of copper, glass, or steel.
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Re:Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non... by jeppesen-io on Monday July 20, 2020 @11:18PM (#23904051)
Huh? Plenty of things go in landfills that won't go away for many lifetimes
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Re:Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non... by artonge on Monday July 20, 2020 @11:35PM (#23904136)
Seems legit to ask whether we can prevent adding more things to those landfills.
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Re:Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non... by db48x on Monday July 20, 2020 @11:40PM (#23904155)
Like all metal items, this is trivial to recycle by melting it.
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