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ricktas
05-11-2011, 8:21am
Scientist in Singapore develops a method of using salt to create hard drives, and the result is much more data over the same physical area on the disk platters.

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/232096/20111017/national-university-of-singapore-and-the-data-storage-institute-joel-yang-a-scientist-at-the-institu.htm

Roo
06-11-2011, 1:14am
Hope the salt won't rust my pc :lol:

Bennymiata
07-11-2011, 1:08pm
What happens if it gets wet?
Will it just dissolve?

crazymorton
07-11-2011, 7:50pm
will be handy at dinner time when i've run out :p

mikec
08-11-2011, 1:48pm
I don't think they are using the salt in the drive but using it to create the structure from which the circuitry can be made from. I'm pretty sure salt isn't conductive so it can't actually be used as part of the circuitry they are talking of in the article.

Cool stuff though!

Bennymiata
08-11-2011, 5:09pm
I'm pretty sure salt isn't conductive so it can't actually be used as part of the circuitry they are talking of in the article.

Cool stuff though!
Salt, especially when mixed with water, is a conductor, as well as a corrosive chemical.

mikec
10-11-2011, 8:15am
Yes but not when it's just salt. Read the article sounds they are using salt as a form work not using salty water.

jev
14-11-2011, 8:34pm
Melted salt conducts electricity too, but indeed, that is not what is being used in this technology. They just use a salt solution that allows better control of the lithography process.