Plate Casting: Metal Heads

[Susan Kline]

At 12:37 AM 1/17/99 EST, you wrote:
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>In a message dated 1/17/99 4:24:32 AM, skline@proaxis.com writes:
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>Actually you are right. What is the frequency of this new material(s)?
>Under ??? tension.
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>What other properties in addition to "less" friction do these little guys
>have?
>How much wieght can be saved with them, in say an mixture of ??? to get a
nice
>sounding alloy?
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>Glad I could make you laugh.
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><<Gregory, do you mean "buckyball" research, as in "buckminster fullerene"?
>Nearly frictionless stuff which looks like miniature geodesic domes under
>magnification? (The name alone is hilarious, but true, which just makes it
>funnier.)>>


Gregory,

I haven't heard of these substances being used to alloy metal. My
impression is that they are more like powdered graphite, a _very slippery_
sort of stuff. However, my level of metallurgical knowledge would place me
in a year-long remedial course if I entered MIT.

Susan

Susan Kline
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