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Quasicrystals: A New Class of Materials
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Quasicrystals are a new class of materials with unique symmetries and atomic arrangements that give them different properties from traditional crystals. They may have extraterrestrial origins and could be optimized for particular applications like making hard aluminum alloys.
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Quasicrystals are new classes of materials with different atomic arrangements, symmetries and properties which can be optimized for various applications.
58:20 - 1:07:37 (09:16)
Quasicrystals
Summary
Quasicrystals are new classes of materials with different atomic arrangements, symmetries and properties which can be optimized for various applications. Quasicrystals could have formed from collisions of two stars, as observed in a different kind of quasicrystal with different symmetry and chemistry than the ones being studied.