US researchers have recently developed a glass material with both high strength and toughness that surpasses steel or any other known material in strength and toughness, and is expected to achieve large-scale production.
The glass material has the characteristics of metallic palladium. The metallic palladium has extremely high strength and toughness. However, the price of metallic palladium is extremely expensive. It is usually found in automobile and aerospace components, and it is far from being widely applied in daily life. . Robert Rich, a professor of this new material experiment, said that this may be the most difficult glass material ever destroyed.
Compared with metal palladium, the use of this glass material will be closer to ordinary people, such as replacing ordinary dental materials. Traditional dental materials are made of precious metals. The materials are soft and not very flexible, so they are easy to wear and can easily cause bone atrophy.
According to Robert Rich, after a series of tests on its life cycle and biocompatibility, dental implant products made of this glass material are expected to be available in the next five years.