What is the material with the highest melting point?

[her209]

Chuck Norris

 

[biggestmuff]

Adamantium. Seriously, tell him that.

 

[Willoughbyva]

I don't know much about stuff like this, but a long time ago I used to work at a place with furnaces and stuff. I don't know how it is spelled, but there is something called encernael or incernail.

Good luck with your search.

Perry

 

[oddyager]

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: silverpig
Oh, what is this side project?

Perhaps his boss has been reading "Iron Man" comics lately and wants to build a suit of armor for himself.

That was my thought, too. :laugh:

 

[DivideBYZero]

Poo

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
diamond is 3550, just a hair below tungsten. never heard of tantalum halfnium carbide.. pretty slick though, for such a high melting point.


edit: the reason why nickel super alloys are used in jet turbine blades is because of creep strength and fatigue abilities, as jagec mentioned. tungesten is also significantly more dense than nickel, as well as its alloys. so while a tungsten alloy or ceramic may have superior properties to the nickel super alloys, the extra mass (among any other property discrepancies) will significantly affect the turbine blades or other parts.

Diamond is usually given as a range of temperatures as it will only melt under a ton of fucking pressure. It's pretty much unmeltable.

Too many people are making claims that do not understand them.

 

[magomago]

um WOW at all these suggestions...now unless this is for the defense industry, cost will ALWAYS be a HUGE ISSUE. Unless its a tiny piece (in which manufacturing will be a biatch), then its going to be prohibitively expensive.

 

[magomago]

Originally posted by: tw1164

Originally posted by: yankeesfan

Originally posted by: Queasy
Steel according to Rosie O'Donnell.

That's right. Steel has never been melted by fire. Ever.

It can only be blasted.

bwahahahahahahaha

I love how she said "For the first time ever, steel was melted by fire".

Although I think she was referring to the steel after many treatments...that stuff can get REALLY strong- IIRC I know for sure some steels can get up to 2000C in their melting point if you give it the proper treatment. Maybe higher - I dunno.
People think of "Steel" as if its one specific metal - when the reality it is simply treated Iron with some carbon in it (and the composition varies a LOT) and potentially other elements in it. And its very sensitive to the processing technique~
so on that basis I understand what she is saying....kinda kinda kinda HAHAHAHA "It defies the laws of physics!"

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Willoughbyva
I don't know much about stuff like this, but a long time ago I used to work at a place with furnaces and stuff. I don't know how it is spelled, but there is something called encernael or incernail.

Good luck with your search.

Perry

Inconel?

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: silverpig
Oh, what is this side project?

Probably his kid's science project. You know that kids are too dumb, lazy, and busy playing video games while eating processed foods to be bothered doing their own school work these days.

 

[gsellis]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones

Unobtanium?

Winner. It holds it tensile strength right up until it melts. But then it is infinitely malleable at the same time. And it is sooo light.

 

[bigi]

poop. It never melts

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: gsellis

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones

Unobtanium?

Winner. It holds it tensile strength right up until it melts. But then it is infinitely malleable at the same time. And it is sooo light.

And at the same time so heavy. And hard. And ductile. And is full-spectrum reflective. And absorptive. And transparent.

I wish I had some.