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Amorphous metal baseball bat transfers more energy to ball.(Metals)

Advanced Materials & Processes,  September, 2003  

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An amorphous metal-coated hollow aluminum baseball bat that is said to offer superior durability while reducing the energy loss experienced with other materials upon impact with the ball has been developed by Liquidmetal Technologies, Tampa, Fla., in partnership with Rawlings Sporting Goods Co., Chicago, Ill.

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The coating is a composite with an amorphous matrix and nanocrystalline particles embedded in the microstructure. The bat is hollow, and is made of a proprietary aerospace grade aluminum alloy that is coated with the LiquidMetal C+ amorphous alloy by means of a high-velocity ...

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