A SUPER-resilient steel that is packed with nanoparticles could make it possible to mass-produce hugely tough mechanical components, such as turbine blades that can last 1000 times longer than conventional ones. The steel is laced with the particles during the normal manufacturing process, making the material cheap and easy to produce.
The team that made the steel, at the Steel Research Center in Tsukuba, north of Tokyo, hopes it will be useful in high-temperature industrial applications, such as making boiler tanks or turbine blades for electricity generating stations. The metal’s resistance to being deformed even at high temperature and pressure…
