A series of experiments were carried out from the University of Washington, which proved the fundamental possibility of creating engineers from durable and reliable cermet products from regit. In production, “regolith” is used – this is a conditional substance, an imitation of lunar soil and Martian dust. When mastering luna and mars, this material must be a hundred o o o s s s s s s s s s s
Researchers have extracted regolith and titanium powder in search of optimal combinations. They used a powerful laser that heats up. The receipt of the products was checked for cracks, voids, strength, hardness and presence.
It turned out that pure regolith is unsuitable for almost anything – it quickly cracks and falls apart. However, with a regolith content in the alloy in a volume of 5%, the material turned out to be close to ideal – it formed any internal defects and was twice as strong as products made from pure titanium. This means that huge amounts of metal will still inevitably arrive for the exploration of the Moon and Mars, but the colonists Resources.
Source: Tech Cult
