New Technology Produces Cheaper Tantalum and Titanium 139
Billy the Mountain writes "A small UK company is bringing new technology online that could reduce the prices of tantalum and titanium ten-fold. According to this piece in The Economist: A tantalising prospect, the key is a technique similar to smelting aluminum with a new twist: The metallic oxides are not melted as with aluminum but blended in powder form with a molten salt that serves as a medium and electrolyte. This technology is known as the FFC Cambridge Process. Other metals include Neodymium, Tungsten, and Vanadium."
Re:someone in Russia just went nuts (Score:5, Funny)
one might even say he threw a tantalum
Re:the problem with titanium (Score:5, Funny)
You want to talk hard to work with, try gamma titanium aluminide.
I think gamma titanium aluminide is managing my project.
Re:the problem with titanium (Score:5, Funny)
When all said and done (Score:3, Funny)
"A small UK company is bringing new technology online that could reduce the prices of tantalum and titanium ten-fold.
When all said and done, who doesn't like cheap tan and tits
Re:the problem with titanium (Score:5, Funny)
Face it, there's probably enough keywords there to have triggered alarm bells at the NSA anyway.
Re:the problem with titanium (Score:5, Funny)
Is your manager brittle, expensive, and prone to making weird noises?