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Barium titanate/tin composite material stiffer than diamond.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)(Brief article)
Advanced Materials & Processes, May, 2007
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A composite material said to be harder than diamond has been designed of barium titanate crystal in a tin matrix by researchers at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. In laboratory experiments, Prof. Roderic Lakes and his collaborators showed that if they embed barium titanate particles within the tin, the resulting composite material achieves stiffness approaching ten times that of diamond.
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The researchers discovered that if particles of barium titanate are embedded in a tin matrix, the phase transformation is held back, creating stored energy. Like the phase ...
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