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@J Dalaigh Researchers were studying a special nickel alloy and found unique reactions under certain conditions. After many years, they thought it could be used for a super battery, but the batch of alloy they had was depleted. They ordered the same alloy from the original manufacturer, but they no longer got the same results. Under lab conditions working with the manufacturer, they could find no discernable difference. Except over the years, the manufacturer had changed its process. The manufacturer could not recreate the alloy that had the peculiar reaction. You're correct that we can analyze and determine the exact ingredients of the metal, but that tells little or nothing about what specific processes were used to produce it. These processes can cause changes in the structure that we haven't the technology to even detect. Note that ruZZia worked with depleted uranium armor & munitions. They couldn't get the results the U.S. did and in time gave it up. China spent 40 years trying to reverse engineer the jet turbines they had to purchase from ruZZia. They still haven't quite mastered it. India has done the same. Just because you know what's in a product doesn't let you replicate it. There's minor nuances that can number in the millions even billions of possibilities and maybe only a few will work or even come close. I once new and worked around a metallurgist(considered in the top 10 in the world) who said we know a lot about metals and their structures. But our true understanding is like being in the stone age. Or possibly pre stone age.
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