LiquidMetal: Metallic Glass, a Video Demo

"LiquidMetal Demo"
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"Demonstration of increased energy return efficiency in exotic elastic metal alloys."

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Despite the name, LiquidMetal is an exotic sort of metallic glass, a substance with very high elastic strength.

Impressive demonstration. And yes, the ball bouncing on LiquidMetal does eventually stop bouncing.

There's a bit more about metallic glass at "Metallic glass: A drop of the hard stuff" (NewScientistTech (April 2, 2005)).