Similar to other ThinkPad devices, the Tablet 2 offers a black
magnesium alloy coat.
Not exact matches
For more than a hundred years,
magnesium producers have worked hard to improve the corrosion characteristics by developing new, more corrosion - resistant
alloys, and also by developing various
coatings.
The
coating Cook is investigating is a boron - aluminum -
magnesium ceramic
alloy he discovered with fellow Ames Laboratory researcher and Iowa State University professor of Materials Science and Engineering Alan Russell about eight years ago.
Its silver
magnesium alloy chassis comes with elastomer
coating and corner bumpers to protect it against hard falls, and its ports are covered to prevent dust and other irritants from entering the device.
According to Xiaomi, the Mi3 has a
magnesium alloy frame
coated with three layers of thermal graphite.