Chemistry:Exotic material
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Short description: Unusual material in terms of materials science
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Exotic Materials can include plastics, superalloys, semiconductors, superconductors, and ceramics.[1]
Exotic metals and alloys
Examples of metals and alloys that can be exotic:
- Aluminum
- Nickel
- Chromium
- Cobalt
- Copper
- Hastelloy
- Inconel
- Mercury (element) (aka quicksilver, hydrargyrum)
- Molybdenum
- Monel
- Platinum
- Stainless steel
- Tantalum
- Titanium
- Tungsten or Wolframite
- Waspaloy
Materials with high alloy content, known as super alloys or exotic alloys, offer enhanced performance properties including excellent strength and durability, and resistance to oxidation, corrosion and deforming at high temperatures or under extreme pressure. Because of these properties, super alloys make the best spring materials for demanding working conditions, which can be encountered across various industry sectors, including the automotive, marine and aerospace sectors as well as oil and gas extraction, thermal processing, petrochemical processing and power generation.
Notes
- ↑ Hummel, Rolf E. (2004), Understanding Materials Science: History, Properties, Applications (2nd ed.), Springer, p. xi, ISBN 978-0-387-20939-5, https://books.google.com/books?id=DaAmwiJ4rnEC&pg=PR11, retrieved 2011-04-11
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