Was "LiquidMetal" anything more than a good aluminum alloy ?

s0rce 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, it was an amorphous metal alloy. I knew people from grad school that worked for the company.

bayindirh 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes.

I have a Sandisk Titanium flash drive which is the first practical application of the alloy, shortly before Apple snapped it.

It's feels solid, not wearing down and pretty robust for what it is. It doesn't get scratches like aluminum alloys.

It's entirely something else.

So it's Titanium? That's cool - what's the name of the flash drive and or do you have more info ? Always loved titanium stuff

	▲	bayindirh 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Nope, it's called/branded "Titanium". The thing was built from Liquid Metal. Image of the thing: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,wi...
	▲	s0rce 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I think most of the commercial liquid metal like the sandisk drive were zirconium based.