Engineering...

Jun 12, 2006 18:36

Got my first taste of material science today...if you could call it that. I had a run in with copper Elkonite. It's used as tooling welders due to its amazing durability and other unique properties that enable it to withstand the abuse from arc welders. I'm sure that's boring to almost everyone that reads this, but I though it's deceptive density ( Read more... )

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bill_adams June 13 2006, 13:51:23 UTC
30 mpg. You're kidding....that's way better than i figured. I was thinking it would be 25-27 max.

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bornloser006 June 13 2006, 14:06:39 UTC
yeah...supercharged V6 and I think it gets better gas mileage than patrick's N/A did. Plus, it cleans up way better too. Red's a good color on the GTP's....but nothing really matches the fun of laying a little rubber at every stop sign with minimal pedal presure.

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bornloser006 June 13 2006, 14:08:32 UTC
oh and just so you know...since I used the word 'density' in my LJ post and it got sent to my inbox when you posted a comment, my gmail picked it up and is now scrolling advertisements across the top for reference manuals that contain heavy metal densities....

Crazy man...

Crazy...

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