Fluid Systems Engineering & Management Blog | Swagelok NorCal

New ‘Metallic Wood’ so Light it Could Make Titanium Obsolete

Written by Jeff Hopkins | 2/22/19 5:00 PM

An international team of engineers has built a new material from the atom up. Combining the strength of titanium with the porosity and cellular structure of wood, this sheet of nickel with nano-pores has an incredible strength-to-weight ratio.

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