A Glass That's Tougher Than Steel

Patricia Daukantas

Researchers at two California laboratories have developed a metallic glass that has more resistance to bending and breaking than many types of steel.

Scatterings imageRobert O. Ritchie in his lab at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Researchers at two California laboratories have developed a metallic glass that has more resistance to bending and breaking than many types of steel (Nature Materials, doi:10.1038/nmat2930).

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