What is a strong, but on the cheaper side, metal that "should" be capable of taking minimal damage when hit?
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What is a strong, but on the cheaper side, metal that "should" be capable of taking minimal damage when hit?
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I have to design a shell for a robot that is supposed to be able to battle other robots, and i was looking for a type of metal that, like I said, is strong, on the cheaper side, but also does not an extreme amount.
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desert camel
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go for a high grade stainless steel... |
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jane k
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How about flat ground stock,available from steel stockholders and tool stores.It is carbon tool steel,heavier but not as expensive as some of the more exotic alloys!Plus it can be heat treated(hardened) and tempered for extreme durability and comes in a range of thickness and sheet size. |
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Please punctuate properly folks.
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Try a search on ebay for titanium. You can get scraps of it cheaply there. |
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oldog
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Duralamin is an aluminium alloy widely used for aircraft construction. It is light, like aluminium yet very strong. I don't know if it is very expensive; I'd guess more expensive than steel. |
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J G
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Yep, I'd agree with above & go for steel - aluminium & duralumin cut very easily. |
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UCANTCME
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Many metals are structurally weakened by the oxidation process, but not aluminum.
Aluminum can actually be made stronger and more durable through a process called 'anodizing'. Anodizing involves placing a sheet of aluminum into a chemical acid bath, quite often acetone in laboratory experiments.
The sheet of aluminum becomes the positive anode of a chemical battery and the acid bath becomes the negative.
An electric current passes through the acid, causing the surface of the aluminum to oxidize (essentially rust).
The oxidized aluminum forms a strong coating as it replaces the original aluminum on the surface. The result is an extremely hard substance called anodized aluminum.
Anodized aluminum can be nearly as hard as diamond under the right anodizing process. Many modern buildings use anodized aluminum in places where the metal framework is exposed to the elements.
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