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Pretty things made with aluminium
« on: January 20, 2016, 09:11:56 PM »
Just saw this and thought it was cool :)

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Re: Pretty things made with aluminium
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2016, 12:37:25 AM »
Pretty things, with added Science! :)

What caught my eye was how often hexagonal shapes showed up in the castings - a side-effect of the "hexagonal close packing" of the balls, which is the most compact way to stack a load of identical spheres.
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