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ScienceDaily: Top Technology News

ScienceDaily: Top Technology News


New revolutionary material can be worked like glass

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 06:12 AM PST

A common feature of sailboards, aircraft and electronic circuits is that they all contain resins used for their lightness, strength and resistance. However, once cured, these resins can no longer be reshaped. Only certain inorganic compounds, including glass, offered this possibility until now. Combining such properties in a single material seemed impossible until now. Researchers have just developed a new class of compounds capable of this remarkable feat.

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