Exotic material

Exotic Materials can include plastics, superalloys, semiconductors, superconductors, and ceramics.[1]

Exotic metals and alloys

Examples of metals and alloys that can be exotic:
Aluminum
Nickel
Chromium
Cobolt
Copper
Hastelloy
Haynes
Inconel
Mercury (element) (aka quicksilver, hydrargyrum)
Molybdenum
Monel
Platinum
Stainless steel
Tantalum
Titanium
Tungsten or Wolframite
Waspaloy

Notes

  1. ^ Hummel, Rolf E. (2004), Understanding Materials Science: History, Properties, Applications (2nd ed.), Springer, p. xi, ISBN 9780387209395, http://books.google.com/books?id=DaAmwiJ4rnEC&pg=PR11, retrieved 2011-04-11