Does anyone know what metals...

[Rague]

Are tougher than average, ordinary steel? Just anything, nothing special.

[gt44coder]

carbon metal

[gregaaron89]

adamantium

[FoAngel]

High Nitrogen Steels are quite strong as well

[Faze]

At 8/14/09 02:35 AM, gt44coder wrote: carbon metal

Indeed.

[STEM]

The hardest known metal alloy, and the hardest known metal in general, is a type of carbon steel, Alloy 1090. With a tensile strength of .84 GPa (122,000 psi) and a yield strength of .64 GPa (67,000 psi), carbon steel is surpassed in hardness only by very hard nonmetals, such as ruby, diamond, or aggregated diamond nanorods.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-hard est-metal.htm

[UCanCallMeJesus]

You guys are wrong its Vibranium.

[AJ]

STEM you always google shit and ruin threads. Haha.

[iscrulz]

gold
silver
brass
bronze
platinum
cobalt
nickel

The strongest would have to be Mercury.

[poxpower]

At 8/14/09 02:44 AM, STEM wrote: The hardest known metal alloy, and the hardest known metal in general, is a type of carbon steel, Alloy 1090. With a tensile strength of .84 GPa (122,000 psi) and a yield strength of .64 GPa (67,000 psi), carbon steel is surpassed in hardness only by very hard nonmetals, such as ruby, diamond, or aggregated diamond nanorods.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-hard est-metal.htm

Wow I did not know that 1090 carbon was actually one of the hardest things ever :o
That's what they make high-quality katana out of. Well I guess that explains that.

[STEM]

At 8/14/09 02:46 AM, michelinman wrote: STEM you always google shit and ruin threads. Haha.

You're totally right, I should have just said "my penis lol!"

[Acid]

At 8/14/09 02:49 AM, STEM wrote:

At 8/14/09 02:46 AM, michelinman wrote: STEM you always google shit and ruin threads. Haha.

You're totally right, I should have just said "my penis lol!"

that would have been better imo.

threads asking questions that can can be answered in 20 seconds using google do not deserve specially formulated answers

[AJ]

At 8/14/09 02:49 AM, STEM wrote: You're totally right, I should have just said "my penis lol!"

I would've lol'ed...

[STEM]

At 8/14/09 02:47 AM, poxpower wrote: Wow I did not know that 1090 carbon was actually one of the hardest things ever :o
That's what they make high-quality katana out of. Well I guess that explains that.

Doesn't come close to aggregated diamond nanorods though, that stuff is nearly 60% harder than diamond. You'd have to be a PRETTY GOOD SAMURAI to wield such greatness

[Chozz]

A few off the top of my head:

Cast Iron
High carbon steels (although this makes them brittle)
Titanium
Tungsten Carbide (Material used for tooling quite often in Mechanical Engineering)

[Chozz]

At 8/14/09 02:47 AM, iscrulz wrote: gold
silver
brass
bronze
platinum
cobalt
nickel

The strongest would have to be Mercury.

Brass is not stronger than steel. But it is more ductile and malleable.

[angaras]

i like the medal system bud do the giw any poins or somthing?