Check this out:
http://www.liquidmetal.com/
i found the video on google video too.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 9530&hl=en
Useful material for energy transfer / storage
Moderator: scott
re: Use material for energy transfer / storage
Interesting clip...
Sometimes, I think about resiliency, elasticity, flexibility...
Material properties might offer some things to play with.
Sometimes, I think about resiliency, elasticity, flexibility...
Material properties might offer some things to play with.
re: Use material for energy transfer / storage
oops ´use´ in the title should have been useful.
I wonder hat would happen if you used a liquid metal plate and ball, then tested it in a vacuum?
I wonder hat would happen if you used a liquid metal plate and ball, then tested it in a vacuum?
re: Useful material for energy transfer / storage
I would say a vacuum would remove windage and sound energy loss from the system, but the small elastic heat loss (a key feature of the material) would remain.
IMO, even if it were somehow possible to shore up all the losses, the resulting super-efficient system would still be incapable of energy gain.
IMO, even if it were somehow possible to shore up all the losses, the resulting super-efficient system would still be incapable of energy gain.
re: Useful material for energy transfer / storage
Interesting material. The comparison to stainless is misleading though. Hardened steel on hardened steel has a coefficient of restitution of .98 which has been the benchmark.
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