> > all I wanted to do was become a chemical engineer researching > > plastics > > Humongous future in plastics.
Some people have unusual visions of what they want to dedicate their lives to. Mine was composites of superlong-chain plastics reinforced with metalized carbon fibers, and even ceramic-like fibers. I had a notion that by varying the nature of these components, the resulting material would be very versatile. For example, composite layers made from thin ribbons of metalized carbon fiber-reinforced long-chain plastics, woven into a simple fabric, alternating with small thin panels of fused ceramic fibers, and bonded using a very weak (almost semi-fluid) long-chain plastic. I saw this as a possible improvement over woven aramid fiber (Kevlar) in both weight and strength. Using these same materials without the weak plastic binder, they could be molded (using thermosetting rather than thermoplastic fabrication techniques) into small parts used in high-stress environments, where metal was typically used. My intention was to use this for certain firearms parts, like lockworks (firing mechanisms consisting of the trigger, hammer, sear, pivot pins, safety, etc), bolt carriers, operating rods, the weapon frame itself, and more. That was my "second wave" of more advanced design after mainly working with Dupont Zytel nylon, which was advanced but, to me, a cop-out when there could be better solutions to still be invented. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259604 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
