Bouncing Bearings on Liquid Metal

Demonstration of properties of 'liquid metal' metallic glass. This video shows ball bearings bouncing on Titanium and the Liquid Metal, demonstration designed and supplied to help in sales of golf clubs made from this material.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• metallurgy
• science
• materials
• metal
• glass
• metallic
• metallic glass
• amorphous solid
• liquid metal
• balls
• bouncing
• bouncy
• Material
• Ball
• glassy solid
• materials science
• Materials Science
• Cool golf
• Gear
• Titanium

[TheBerserkerCompany]

The only question I have for this video is: How are the balls bouncing so quickly? Gravity would not pull them down that quick after they bounce when they hit the alloy. My only guess would be a magnet, mabye to speed up the process of the demonstration.

[asumazilla]

@TheBerserkerCompany This is just the speed they fall and bounce in gravity. You might have problem to judge speed if you guess the size wrongly I guess.

[Lmpfapo1]

CRAZY ASS BASS PEDAL! XD

[chanchan84]

I dunno why you're voted down, cuz you're right, glass is an amorphous solid

[OldKingSol]

@TheBerserkerCompany The bounce speed looks very realistic to me for an alloy that's losing less momentum. Like a coin, when it's settling down, it vibrates so fast you can't see it (or it's very blurred). The speed is not at all unrealistic, imho. The shorter the distance it has to bounce, the faster it will appear to bounce - but that's an illusion.

[Full4God]

@OldKingSol I am not involved in either the selling or making of any Liquidmetal product. I happen to own the following Liquidmetal sporting equipment: Professor Johnson 9-degree driver, 3-wood, putter, 3-PW irons, and a Head-Liquidmetal tennis racquet. My original driver sold me on this fantastic metal alloy.

My only question right now is when and where is Apple planning on using this alloy? Being that Apple purchased the exclusive IP rights in Aug '10 to use it in consumer electronics.

[Full4God]

@OldKingSol I have seen that ball-bouncing demo live, and I have no connection with the Liquidmetal Corporation, except that I use their golf clubs. I recently purchased a set of Liquidmetal irons from eBay. My 7-iron used to be good for 155-yards. Now, my 9-iron is a consistent 150-yard club. The driver FAR EXCEEDED the PGA's coefficient of restitution limit, so it is now illegal in USGA-regulated tournaments; but the putter (I own one) and irons are.

[OldKingSol]

@Full4God Ordinarily, I'd think a comment like this is from someone involved in the selling/making of the product. But in this case, even if you'd happen to be that, I do believe you're right. Unless there's some sort of trick to the video, this kind of material would -have- to be a pretty awesome club. I don't think they'd do that (video trickery) because it would be too easy to falsify. Very interesting vid! :-)

[AlexIsSmalll]

@webkar lol

[cullotte3]

@webkar I hope I'm not the only one who gets this.

[LucasRMiller]

floating ball at 0:27 O.o