Designing alloys using the actual shapes of the atoms

Sep 08, 2003 6 Replies

The periodicity of the atomic elements reveals them to be crystalline associations of identical regular octahedra. The shapes of the atoms and how they join are shown on



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As a research engineer, studying chemical analyses was not of much use for designing new stainless alloys. I wanted very much to know what the atoms looked like. Now I know the shapes of the atoms and how they join, but I don't have time to design alloys. I hope that you do.


We are all very grateful for the kind and generous thoughts above.

There should be a rash of "designed alloys" right soon to replace all of the "accidental historical ones".

Jim

Bruhaha!

Michael Dahms

I had a "rash of designed alloys", but a trip to the doctor and a spoon full of medicine soon cured me of that, however he did warn me that it could flare up again if I wasn't careful :)

S.

Selenium salve will curb the itching of a rash of new materials.

Better keep some on hand because of the burst of new knowledge. It might even cause asthma attacks in some.

Jim

Sim> I had a "rash of designed alloys", but a trip to the doctor and a spoon full

I have since found out that touches of tellurium talc in strategic spots works wonders.

S.

Don't forget that gallium is good for the gonads...

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