AtomX a superhero proposal
AtomX: Superhero Proposal We have grown-up listening and seeing stories of many superheroes with their cool superpowers be it Spiderman with his web shooters or Captain America with his strength the list is endless. Usually we like to see superheroes in action but given this opportunity to design our own superhero almost seems surreal. Hence I present to you “AtomX” who has the power to alter structural integrity of materials and can become invisible. How is this scientifically possible? Power 1#:Altering Structural Integrity via Creep Deformation Many common materials around us are crystalline which are regular or repeating structures at atomic level. There are two types of point defects in these crystalline structures, vacancy and interstitial. A vacancy refers to an atom being taken away from the material, which is commonly used in steel-making. It can be produced via thermal agitation by increasing temperatures, which provide space for atoms to vibrate, shift to another...