New Technology Produces Cheaper Tantalum and Titanium 139
Posted
by
Unknown Lamer
from the cheap-thinkpads-for-all dept.
from the cheap-thinkpads-for-all dept.
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?