Toughest material

[nnam]

When do we get to buy a cutting bit for this (that doesn't cost a hand and a leg)? Or is this something we all know, and scientists just found out ?

This Alloy Is The Toughest Known Material on Earth, And It Gets Tougher in The Cold

An alloy of chromium, cobalt, and nickel has just given us the highest fracture toughness ever measured in a material on Earth.

www.sciencealert.com

 

[taiwanluthiers]

Toughness and hardness is not the same. Toughness means the amount of force to deform it, etc. (like young's modulus).

I'm sure carbide or CBN will machine it.

 

[GeneT45]

Toughness and hardness is not the same. Toughness means the amount of force to deform it, etc. (like young's modulus).

I'm sure carbide or CBN will machine it.

Indeed. HSS is tougher than carbide...

GsT

 

[rwm]

Mike Tyson is tougher than carbide...

 

[Dabbler]

that is really cool!