A metallic glass known as SAM2X5-630 developed by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) has the ability to be hard, as well as elastic. This remarkable dual-ability makes the ...

The researchers found that the Hugoniot Elastic Limit for the material, which denotes the maximum shock it can withstand without irreversibly deforming, to be 11.76 ± 1.26 GPa.

Metallic seals have a degree of elastic deformation, which occurs in addition to the plastic deformation of the outer sealing material. When decompressed, the seal can still provide sealing until the ...

Shock Wave Response of Iron-based In Situ Metallic Glass Matrix Composites. Scientific Reports, 2016; 6: 22568 DOI: 10.1038/srep22568 ...