I heard about KyronMax, which is the strongest injection moldable material and can reach 400 MPa by using short carbon fibers.

Are there similar materials with higher fiber content that can be processed by compression molding when the viscosity is too high for injection?

Can we get any special information from bulk sample characterization ( like XRD, Neutron Scattering, and Electrical Transportation) that is unlikely to be found from thin film characterization? The material is a semiconductor.

Hi, I have the option of either taking calc 3 or an intro physics class (going over mechanics, thermodynamics, and waves) next semester. Which one would be more important for someone wanting to get into materials chemistry?

Thanks for the help.

Hey all, my kiddo is doing a school project where he is testing how quickly iron rusts in different types of liquids. What would be a good item to use for this experiment? Something that I can pick up from Home Depot? Thanks!

Is materials science courses on mitx worth it, as a non mit student, what is the scope or are they worth the time doing them besides university already made curriculum?

Good morning,

I need material advice. A simple description of my problem. We have a long steel rod that is woven into one side. It is not possible to change its attachment, shape or material. At the end, there are vibrations from the technology and I would like to dampen those vibrations. I saw some solutions where they inserted a steel roller inside the rod between the O rings, but I don't know what material they were. 

It occurred to me that a non-Newtonian fluid would be used in which this damping element would be placed and surrounded. I looked everywhere and could not find any synthetic industrially produced substance that would meet industry standards. Cornstarch doesn't seem like a good solution to me. 

I found that they make some damping polymer elements that could be suitable, but I admit that I am lost in this. I don't even know if the elements are "liquid" or solid. https://polyanswer.com/

Does anyone have any idea what study or product to stick to? Or what path should I take to get a damping element based on a non-Newtonian liquid or polymer? 

Thank you for your time

I am looking for TPU70 A in powder for SLS Printing. I reached two companies and they are insanely expensive for just two small prototypes. I wondering if anyone can suggest few names provide TPU70A in SLS Printing

Do anyone of you have a solution manual for fundementals of condensed matter and crystalline physics and materials