Date: Fri, 31 Mar 95 2:12:06 PST From: Caffein Achiever! Subject: Alternate material list. A number of people have requested that I post the alternate material list I put together for my campaing. *************************************************************************** WARNING: BORING TECHNICAL MUMBO JUMBO TO FOLLOW NO PLOT TWIST OR ADVENTURE IDEAS HERE :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)::):)::):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):) *************************************************************************** Taking a cue from GDW, this materials are copyrighted and are made available for PERSONAL use/private gaming session only. exception being where names of materials are from technical papers and journals that I used in preparing this list. Background: The following list was made for a Hard SF setting I've been piecing together in my spare time over the past three years. If you'll like more information on the materials I mentioned in the list below, feel free to email me privately as the discussion maybe beyond the interest of the TML group. Hope this list prove insightful and interesting! Tough=Toughness Mass=metric ton per cubic meters Cost=MCr per cubic meters TL Description Tough Mass Cost Remarks 5 Soft Steel 1.70 7.8 0.0022 6 Hardened Steel 2.00 7.8 0.0026 7 Super Steel Alloy 2.50 7.8 0.0052 Inconel, Hastalloy, etc. 10 Foam Steel Alloy 2.13 6.24 0.0034 Zero gravity manufacturing required 11 Reinforced Foam 4.34 5.968 0.0109 Reinforced with Steel Alloy carbide whiskers 6 Aluminum Alloy 1.00 2.7 0.0037 7 Improved Aluminum Alloy 1.10 2.6 0.0042 9 Aluminum Lithium Alloy 1.10 2.4 0.0046 Spray deposition alloy 10 Aluminum Lithium Foam 0.94 1.92 0.0049 Zero gravity manufacturing required 11 Reinforced Foam Aluminum Alloy 3.45 2.08 0.0249 Reinforced with carbide whiskers 6 Titanium Alloy 2.50 4.9 0.0102 7 Advanced Titanium Alloy 2.60 4.7 0.0111 Beta phase Ti alloys 10 Titanium Alloy Foam 2.34 3.995 0.0117 Zero gravity manufacturing required 11 Reinforced Foam Titanium Alloy 4.51 3.9495 0.0342 Reinforced with carbide whiskers 7 Metallic Laminate 1.20 3.6 0.0042 Structure composed of combination of Al, Ti, and Steel 8 Metalic Laminate Armor 7.75 11.13 0.0122 Uranium reinforced armor 9 Advance Metallic Laminate 1.80 4 0.0056 High proportion Ti in compound material structures 7 Glass Composite 0.75 1.9 0.0099 Fiberglass 8 Graphite Composite 5.00 2.1 0.0595 2-D weaved graphite sheets 9 Boron Composite 7.00 2 0.0875 2-D weaved boron filament sheets 9 Metal Matrix Composite 1.60 2.6 0.0154 2-D graphite reinforced Aluminum Alloy 10 Composite Matrix Armor 9.61 9.54 0.0252 2-D boron reinforced uranium backed Ti armor. 10 Ceramic Matrix Composite 1.25 1.3 0.0240 composite whiskers embedded in a ceramic matrix 8 Laminated Composite 6.25 2.415 0.0647 2-D graphite laminate 9 Ceramic Laminated Composite (CLC) 3.60 1.8 0.0500 Layered graphite composite and ceramic sheets 10 Improved CLC 5.10 1.75 0.0729 Boron whiskers interlaced with ceramic whiskers 10 Synthetics 3.75 1.4 0.0804 Molecular engineered polymer material 11 Improved Synthetics 5.63 1.5 0.1125 Covalent bond reinforced molecular structure 12 Synthetic Armor 9.84 2 0.1477 Variable hardness and tailored covalent bond material 12 Improved Structural Synthetics 1.70 1.2 0.0213 Low cost synthetic material 13 Electropolymorphic Synthetics 4.00 1.5 0.3188 Toughness increased to 40 with application of 1 MW 11 Metal Ceramic Alloy 2.88 2.22 0.0195 Ceramic carbide whiskers in Foam Aluminum matrix 12 Improved Metal Ceramic Alloy 6.20 2.997 0.0311 3-D ceramic carbide whiskers in foam Ti alloy matrix 12 Metal Ceramic Armor 13.13 6.4625 0.0406 Alloy of Uranium ceramic carbide and foam Ti 13 Metal Ceramic Alloy 1.67 2.725 0.0092 Pseudo alloy formed by molecular bond bet. Ti & ceramic =================================| I will not torment the emotionally frail Edward Fok | I will not torment the emotionally frail University of Southern California| I will not torment the emotionally frail EE-Electrophysics Department | -The SIMPSONS