Caltech Experts Create Non-Expanding Metals

In a study that would have been considered witchcraft, or alchemy at best, a few centuries ago, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have managed to create metal alloys that do not exhibit the basic property of metals, namely the ability to expand when subjected to ... [ read more >> ]

Some metallic alloys do not expand when they are subjected to temperatures that would otherwise melt their individual metal components

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Some metallic alloys do not expand when they are subjected to temperatures that would otherwise melt their individual metal components