Liquidmetal
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thumb|A USB flash drive with a Liquidmetal case.
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- Characteristics
- Uses
- Commercial alloys
- Licensed uses
- References
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thumb|A USB flash drive with a Liquidmetal case.
Liquidmetal and Vitreloy are commercial names of a series of amorphous metal alloys developed by a California Institute of Technology (Caltech) research team and marketed by Liquidmetal Technologies. Liquidmetal alloys combine a number of desirable material features, including high tensile strength, excellent corrosion resistance, very high coefficient of restitution and excellent anti-wearing characteristics, while also being able to be heat-formed in processes similar to thermoplastics. Despite the name, they are not liquid at room temperature.