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Was "LiquidMetal" anything more than a good aluminum alloy ?

• bayindirh 5mo ago
  Yes. I have a Sandisk Titanium flash drive which is the first practical application of the alloy, shortly before Apple snapped it. It's feels solid, not wearing down and pretty robust for what it is. It doesn't get scratches like aluminum alloys. It's entirely something else.
  • Melatonic 5mo ago
    So it's Titanium? That's cool - what's the name of the flash drive and or do you have more info ? Always loved titanium stuff
    • s0rce 5mo ago
      I think most of the commercial liquid metal like the sandisk drive were zirconium based.
    • bayindirh 5mo ago
      Nope, it's called/branded "Titanium". The thing was built from Liquid Metal. Image of the thing: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,width=500,quality=95/https://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/images500x500/SanDisk_SDCZ7_4096_A11_Cruzer_Titanium_U3_1233059615_480936.jpg https://www.bhphotovideo.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,wi...
      • Danox 5mo ago
        LQMT Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc. A penny stock at this time.
• s0rce 5mo ago
  Yes, it was an amorphous metal alloy. I knew people from grad school that worked for the company. They have interesting properties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_51frrQzCYM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_51frrQzCYM