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Originally Posted by madwi
That is what the armor for the CPU in the black boxes is made out of. They get packed with boric acid as an insulator. I gave my mom one as a pencil holder for her desk.  |
I worked with that metal all the time at Elliott. Gas turbines and steam turbines are full of it. Ever play around with Inconel 625? The machinists hated it with a passion. Said it was gummy the machine, and worn the bits quickly.
had to go super slow on the feed rates, and dump tons of coolant on the work piece.