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HPsquaredtoday at 3:44 PM6 repliesview on HN

Not the most economical manufacturing process, it has to be said.


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boothbytoday at 4:26 PM

The paper explains it more as an experimental process than a manufacturing process. Each granule of hiroshimaite captures a "unique" micro-environment. One could imagine an ethical version of this involving conventional explosives in a controlled environment containing a variety of metallic samples of different compositions.

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tuetuopaytoday at 4:18 PM

You can probably skip the town in the ingredient list.

sawjettoday at 4:37 PM

There were some nuclear fracking experiments where the nukes cost in the range of a few hundred thousand dollars. It's probably cheaper than you think.

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forintitoday at 6:35 PM

It might be a bit tough getting the permits from the EPA.

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perpetuallunchtoday at 6:09 PM

Well it appears to be the cheapest method known to produce at least some metal alloys.

indroratoday at 4:40 PM

It's a real blast, though.

(In all seriousness, I hope we never, ever in this lifetime cause humans to suffer like we did on that day)

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