Detroit DIYer cooks up stronger, lighter steel, shames scientists

Re:Detroit DIYer cooks up stronger, lighter steel, shames sc... by jodoherty on Saturday June 11, 2011 @06:14PM (#2645021)

That brings up another question: How much will it cost and how can I buy some?

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Re:Detroit DIYer cooks up stronger, lighter steel, shames sc... by eru on Saturday June 11, 2011 @07:33PM (#2645161)

Why would you buy a lump of steel?

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Re:Detroit DIYer cooks up stronger, lighter steel, shames sc... by killerswan on Saturday June 11, 2011 @08:17PM (#2645246)

Metallurgists do this. I've held lumps of the steel used in power plants (which doesn't burn when the coal does), and even a pop can sized cylinder of Beryllium. :D

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Re:Detroit DIYer cooks up stronger, lighter steel, shames sc... by gaustin on Saturday June 11, 2011 @09:15PM (#2645361)

To turn it into something that isn't a lump of steel.

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Re:Detroit DIYer cooks up stronger, lighter steel, shames sc... by jodoherty on Monday June 13, 2011 @05:38PM (#2650826)

I dunno about lumps, but with a little welding knowledge I can imagine a lot of things I could try building if I could buy prefabricated shapes and sheets of the stuff.

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