The new "Unobtanium"

Hi. Years ago I used to work with a materials engineer. What initially seemed like a bland subject turned out to be quite interesting, and materials selections is a significant consideration particularly in product design and design for production. Things like ease of machining, durability, cost of production, durability, suitability for purpose, corrosion, reaction to other materials etc all comes back to material selection.
 
Hi. Years ago I used to work with a materials engineer. What initially seemed like a bland subject turned out to be quite interesting, and materials selections is a significant consideration particularly in product design and design for production. Things like ease of machining, durability, cost of production, durability, suitability for purpose, corrosion, reaction to other materials etc all comes back to material selection.

Which is why counterfeit spare parts never live up to expectations!
 
Not in Kim's link in terms of potential uses but Tesla have developed their own unique alloy:
 
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