Sandia researchers engineer most wear-resistant metal: platinum-gold alloy

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By mmillikinAug 20, 2018, 3:30 am210 pts
Sandia’s materials science team has engineered a platinum-gold alloy believed to be the most wear-resistant metal in the world. It’s 100 times more durable than high-strength steel, making it the first alloy, or combination of metals, in the same class as diamond and sapphire, nature’s most wear-resistant…

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