New 3D-printed titanium alloy offers greater strength at lower production cost by Michael Quin, RMIT University edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors' notes ...

Crystal phase regulations may endow materials with enhanced or new functionalities. However, syntheses of noble metal-based allomorphic nanomaterials are extremely difficult, and only a few ...

Their findings, published in the journal Science, introduce a Cu-Ta-Li (copper-tantalum-lithium) alloy with exceptional thermal stability and mechanical strength, making it one of the most ...

This new alloy has no flashy name just yet but is referred to as High Specific Strength Steel. It has an even better strength-to-weight ratio than the far more expensive titanium.

In contrast, making the alloy at lower temperatures arranges the atoms to another structure, the alpha version. This version is as hard as regular titanium, and is most likely the previously ...