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  1. 11-21-08, 14:13 #1
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    BAM surface treatment

    This looks a bit like the technology that Colt Defense bought a few years ago. Super hard, super slick.

    http://www.newscientist.com/article/...-accident.html

    "...The "ceramic alloy" is created by combining a metal alloy of boron, aluminium and magnesium (AlMgB14) with titanium boride (TiB2). It is the hardest material after diamond and cubic boron nitride..."

    "...BAM is much slipperier than Teflon, with a coefficient of friction of .02 compared to .05. Lubricated steel has a friction coefficient of 0.16..."
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  2. 11-21-08, 21:38 #2
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    I wonder how soon we would be able to have bores and sear surfaces coated?
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