Scientists create “super alloy” that rewrites century of alloy design

MELBOURNE, June 21 — Scientists have transformed metal manufacturing by using lower temperatures and slower heating to control how atoms organize themselves during material production, in a discovery that could rewrite a century of alloy design.

The study finds that lower, slower heating can produce alloys twice as strong as steel and the same alloy made by conventional methods, and three times stronger than aluminum, according to a statement recently released by Australia’s Monash University.