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"Zoom Into Steel" Video lets You Get to Know Your Materials *Really* Well

Posted September 03, 2008 8:44 AM

From Core 77:

We love this video clip from DailyMotion contributor Weird_Weird_Science a whole lot, for the following reasons: -it shows how completely amazing modern microscopy is -it shows how incredibly complicated even the simplest, most homogeneous-seeming materials can be -it reminds us of the Eames' Powers of Ten movie that blew our minds back in fourth grade -the precise commentary in Attenborough-like British cadence makes us feel smarter -it comes in good company: other clips posted on the same page include zooms into concrete, aluminum, brass, carbon fiber, and...um...hair

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09/03/2008 8:51 PM

Great short videos.

For later viewing off-line, right click on the movie - ensure your local storage is sufficient.

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09/04/2008 4:35 PM

This is a similar microscope to the one that showed the cutting edge of a HSS tool slicing into CR steel. It demonstrated that the actual edge of the cutter does not come into contact with the steel being cut.

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