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metallic glass

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metallic glass [mə′tal·ik ′glas]
(metallurgy)
glassy alloy


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PEDAL TO THE METAL Since 1959, when Pol Duwez of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena made the first metallic glass from gold and silicon, materials researchers have created thousands of glassy alloys from metals such as aluminum, nickel, titanium, copper, and iron.
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Discovered at the California Institute of Technology, the Liquidmetal alloy is part of a new class of alloys that retain the random atomic structure of molten metals, also known as metallic glass.
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