Most alloys require a heat-treating process to achieve a usable hardness. Liquidmetal is naturally hard and cannot be heat-treated any further.

Normally when a material is very strong and hard it is also very rigid and brittle. The amorphous atomic structure of Liquidmetal opposes this phenomenon and has the elasticity of a spring steel.

Liquidmetal has 85-90% the density of Stainless Steel. Along with reducing wall sections with the higher strength material, there are opportunities for significant weight reduction.