Hacker News with Generative AI: Metallurgy

Tutankhamun's Meteoric Iron Dagger (wikipedia.org)
Tutankhamun's meteoric iron dagger, also known as Tutankhamun's iron dagger and King Tut's dagger, is an iron-bladed dagger from the tomb of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun (reigned c. 1334–1325 BC). As the blade composition and homogeneity closely correlate with meteorite composition and homogeneity, the material for the blade is determined to have originated by way of a meteoritic landing. The dagger is currently displayed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Ancient Egypt, Archeology, History, Metallurgy
5 points by thunderbong 17 days ago | 0 comments
Nanoscale tweaks help alloy withstand high-speed impacts (techxplore.com)
A Cornell-led collaboration devised a new method for designing metals and alloys that can withstand extreme impacts: introducing nanometer-scale speed bumps that suppress a fundamental transition that controls how metallic materials deform.
Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Engineering, Metallurgy
4 points by PaulHoule 19 days ago | 0 comments
Nickel Plating Handbook [pdf] (nickelinstitute.org)
Nickel Plating, Metallurgy, Manufacturing, Materials Science
60 points by nativeit 134 days ago | 19 comments
Corinthian Bronze (wikipedia.org)
Corinthian bronze, also named Corinthian brass, aes Corinthiacum, or Grilver was a metal alloy in classical antiquity.
Ancient History, Metallurgy, Archaeology
12 points by diodorus 146 days ago | 1 comments
New design approach identifies routes to stronger titanium alloys (techxplore.com)
Materials Science, Engineering, Titanium, Metallurgy
10 points by rbanffy 274 days ago | 0 comments
A Quartz Thermal Trap Harnessed the Sun–and Is About to Change Smelting Forever (popularmechanics.com)
Renewable Energy, Engineering, Metallurgy, Materials Science
28 points by wjSgoWPm5bWAhXB 304 days ago | 19 comments