Date: Fri, 31 Mar 95 2:12:06 PST
From: Edward Fok (efok@ni.net)
Subject: Alternate material list.
A number of people have requested that I post the alternate material list I put together for my campaing.
Background:
The following list was made for a Hard SF setting I've been piecing
together in my spare time over the past three years. If you'll like
more information on the materials I mentioned in the list below, feel
free to email me privately as the discussion maybe beyond the interest
of the TML group. Hope this list prove insightful and interesting!
Tough=Toughness
Mass=metric ton per cubic meters
Cost=MCr per cubic meters
TL Description Tough Mass Cost Remarks
5 Soft Steel 1.70 7.8 0.0022
6 Hardened Steel 2.00 7.8 0.0026
7 Super Steel
Alloy 2.50 7.8 0.0052 Inconel, Hastalloy,
etc.
10 Foam Steel Alloy 2.13 6.24 0.0034 Zero gravity
manufacturing
required
11 Reinforced Foam 4.34 5.968 0.0109 Reinforced with
Steel Alloy carbide whiskers
6 Aluminum Alloy 1.00 2.7 0.0037
7 Improved
Aluminum Alloy 1.10 2.6 0.0042
9 Aluminum Lithium
Alloy 1.10 2.4 0.0046 Spray deposition
alloy
10 Aluminum Lithium
Foam 0.94 1.92 0.0049 Zero gravity
manufacturing
required
11 Reinforced Foam
Aluminum Alloy 3.45 2.08 0.0249 Reinforced with
carbide whiskers
6 Titanium Alloy 2.50 4.9 0.0102
7 Advanced Titanium
Alloy 2.60 4.7 0.0111 Beta phase Ti alloys
10 Titanium Alloy
Foam 2.34 3.995 0.0117 Zero gravity
manufacturing
required
11 Reinforced Foam
Titanium Alloy 4.51 3.9495 0.0342 Reinforced with
carbide whiskers
7 Metallic
Laminate 1.20 3.6 0.0042 Structure composed
of combination of
Al, Ti, and Steel
8 Metalic Laminate
Armor 7.75 11.13 0.0122 Uranium reinforced
armor
9 Advance Metallic
Laminate 1.80 4 0.0056 High proportion Ti
in compound material
structures
7 Glass Composite 0.75 1.9 0.0099 Fiberglass
8 Graphite
Composite 5.00 2.1 0.0595 2-D weaved graphite
sheets
9 Boron Composite 7.00 2 0.0875 2-D weaved boron
filament sheets
9 Metal Matrix
Composite 1.60 2.6 0.0154 2-D graphite
reinforced Aluminum
Alloy
10 Composite Matrix
Armor 9.61 9.54 0.0252 2-D boron reinforced
uranium backed Ti
armor.
10 Ceramic Matrix
Composite 1.25 1.3 0.0240 composite whiskers
embedded in a
ceramic matrix
8 Laminated
Composite 6.25 2.415 0.0647 2-D graphite
laminate
9 Ceramic Laminated
Composite (CLC) 3.60 1.8 0.0500 Layered graphite
composite and
ceramic sheets
10 Improved CLC 5.10 1.75 0.0729 Boron whiskers
interlaced with
ceramic whiskers
10 Synthetics 3.75 1.4 0.0804 Molecular engineered
polymer material
11 Improved
Synthetics 5.63 1.5 0.1125 Covalent bond
reinforced molecular
structure
12 Synthetic Armor 9.84 2 0.1477 Variable hardness
and tailored
covalent bond
material
12 Improved Structural
Synthetics 1.70 1.2 0.0213 Low cost synthetic
material
13 Electropolymorphic
Synthetics 4.00 1.5 0.3188 Toughness increased
to 40 with
application of 1 MW
11 Metal Ceramic
Alloy 2.88 2.22 0.0195 Ceramic carbide
whiskers in Foam
Aluminum matrix
12 Improved Metal Ceramic
Alloy 6.20 2.997 0.0311 3-D ceramic carbide
whiskers in foam Ti
alloy matrix
12 Metal Ceramic
Armor 13.13 6.4625 0.0406 Alloy of Uranium
ceramic carbide and
foam Ti
13 Metal Ceramic
Alloy 1.67 2.725 0.0092 Pseudo alloy formed
by molecular bond
bet. Ti & ceramic
Edward Fok|
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Joseph Heck
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21 August 2000