From: Nomen Nescio on
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/03/researchers-get-plastic-to-act-totally-metal.ars



From: RichA on
On Mar 11, 12:29 am, "Nomen Nescio" <thefreespeechst...(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/03/researchers-get-plastic-t...

Conducting heat will have some uses, but being as STRONG as metal
isn't in the cards, is it?
From: Nomen Nescio on

"RichA" <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:35439b00-8a96-4977-8345-2db6fbe2408e(a)z4g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
On Mar 11, 12:29 am, "Nomen Nescio" <thefreespeechst...(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/03/researchers-get-plastic-t...

Conducting heat will have some uses, but being as STRONG as metal
isn't in the cards, is it?

Some plastics are stronger than some metals. Mercury is a metal, Sodium is a
metal I wouldn't want a camera made of either.



From: Ray Fischer on
RichA <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> "Nomen Nescio" <thefreespeechst...(a)gmail.com>

>> http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/03/researchers-get-plastic-t...
>
>Conducting heat will have some uses, but being as STRONG as metal
>isn't in the cards, is it?

Because often you need something stronger.
Or lighter.
Or cheaper.

--
Ray Fischer
rfischer(a)sonic.net

From: RichA on
On Mar 11, 10:40 pm, rfisc...(a)sonic.net (Ray Fischer) wrote:
> RichA  <rander3...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > "Nomen Nescio" <thefreespeechst...(a)gmail.com>
> >>http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/03/researchers-get-plastic-t....
>
> >Conducting heat will have some uses, but being as STRONG as metal
> >isn't in the cards, is it?
>
> Because often you need something stronger.
> Or lighter.
> Or cheaper.
>

Bingo! Your third answer is the one!!!