Source: ThomasNet
Sometimes our editors find items that are not exactly "heat treat" but do deal with interesting developments in one of our key markets: aerospace, automotive, medical, energy, or general manufacturing. To celebrate getting to the "fringe" of the weekend, Heat Treat Today presents today’s Heat Treat Fringe Friday best of the web article that will have you saying "It's alive!"
Not to be dramatic, this steel stands up to corrosion under salt water and heals itself. When the special alloy coated steel was perforated, it could repair itself with the assistance of heat or on its own. The new alloy? Apparently, the result of research done at Rice University described as "a lightweight sulfur-selenium alloy."
An excerpt:
"A coating developed using a lightweight sulfur-selenium alloy has proven effective so far in preventing corrosion after being applied to steel that’s then submerged in seawater for a month. The scientists say the formula combines several different corrosion-inhibiting methods."
Read more at "Self-Healing Steel Could Kick Corrosion to the Curb"
