Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non-Cuttable

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Post by abeld » Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 8:37 PM UTC

Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non-Cuttable
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Re: Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non-Cuttable

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Post by abeld » Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 8:37 PM UTC

Link to scientific paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-65976-0

Re: Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non-Cuttable

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Post by unstatusthequo » Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 2:22 AM UTC

Waiting for this to exist in an Abus lock so my storage unit can stop being broken into my tweakers.

Re: Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non-Cuttable

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Post by Bobbcatt » Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 2:25 AM UTC

Will this work as armor?

Re: Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non-Cuttable

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Post by beenBoutIT » Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 2:29 AM UTC

unstatusthequo wrote: post #3

Waiting for this to exist in an Abus lock so my storage unit can stop being broken into my tweakers.

It only protects you from tweakers armed with cutters. Industrious tweakers with better tools at their disposal might be able to crush it or melt it.

Re: Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non-Cuttable

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Post by MrLeap » Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 2:34 AM UTC

Porous Aluminum eh? Wonder how well it stands up to gallium, or acetylene, or MAP gas, or a grind wheel instead of a cutoff wheel.

Re: Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non-Cuttable

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Post by mindfulhack » Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 2:35 AM UTC

This non-cuttable metal material sounds extremely useful:

> "Security applications such as doors or barriers (as protection from forcible entry attacks) are obvious ones. However, our material technology could also be useful for enhancing the cutting resistance of shoe soles or protective clothing. Workers could benefit from non-cuttable elbow pads or forearm guards in environments with industrial tools."

As someone who cares so much about digital security, physical security feels good.

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Post by azinman2 » Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 2:36 AM UTC

So how do you shape/use it during manufacturing?

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 2:36 AM UTC

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Post by waffle_ss » Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 2:38 AM UTC

> ... hardness may not be a fundamental property of a material but rather a composite one including yield strength, work hardening, true tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, and micro properties such as strength of atomic bonds.

Now that is pretty interesting.

It seems they tuned the material to resist the angle grinder, drill and water jet but it would be interesting to see its ballistic resistance.