In this fascinating experiment, I explore the dramatic interaction between molten aluminum and wood. By carefully pouring extremely hot, liquefied aluminum into different types of wooden blocks, I ...

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Ultimately, Boston Metal hopes to license its green production process to other steel manufacturers. You can watch the molten metal flow from Boston Metal's test plant in the following video.

Scientists have uncovered that some atoms in liquids don't move at all—even at extreme temperatures—and these anchored atoms dramatically alter the way materials freeze. Using advanced electron ...

A pint-sized gun that shoots a spray of molten metal is saving U.S. wartime industry hundreds of thousands of dollars and hours of labor. The Army & Navy have 750 of these hot-metal guns in use this ...

The metal-coated asteroid Psyche may have had eruptions of molten iron and nickel on its surface. This situation was more likely if the space rock is made of the same chemicals as metal-rich ...

The historic Carrie Blast Furnaces used to churn out molten iron, which traveled across the bridge by rail to another part of the U.S. Steel Homestead Works. By 2024 the bridge will carry pedestrians ...