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Re: Need a material for my space-rocket !

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From: Pittsburgh Pete
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 01:14
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netspider4@lycos.com (Karl-Hugo Weesberg) wrote in message news:<7666ed5f.0410252359.e57a34c@posting.google.com>...
> I want to send a rocket into outer space, but iron and copper seem to
> be too heavy.What material should I use for my rocket?

Karl-Hugo:

Right now equiatomic intermetallic compounds are extremely fashionable.
Why not try the high melting point niobium-columbium alloy, NbCb?

Pittsburgh Pete
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