A metal composite that will float your boat
- Kathleen Hamilton for R&D Magazine May 13th, 2015
- Source: http://www.rdmag.com/news/2015/05/metal-composite-will-float-your-boat
Researchers have demonstrated a new metal matrix composite that is so light that it can float on water. A boat made of such lightweight composites will not sink despite damage to its structure. The new material also promises to improve automotive fuel economy because it combines light weight with heat resistance.
Although syntactic foams have been around for many years, this is the first development of a lightweight metal matrix syntactic foam. It is the work of a team of researchers from Deep Springs Technology (DST) and the New York Univ. Polytechnic School of Engineering.
