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bungle
on Feb 2, 2022
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New lightweight material is stronger than steel
> Within a temperature range of about ~-30 °C to ~400 °C.
If the new material is plastic-like, it may have worse issues here?
albrewer
on Feb 3, 2022
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Maybe? PTFE (Teflon) has a melting point around 325 °C; this plastic could be higher. The point of my comment was to qualify what the person above me stated.
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If the new material is plastic-like, it may have worse issues here?