VIDEO: The lab hoping to make stronger metals

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    The lab hoping to make stronger metals

    24 June 2015 Last updated at 09:28 BST

    Scientists at the BP International Centre for Advanced Materials in Manchester have been working on new ways to model and test stronger alloy metals.

    BBC Click went on a tour of the facility and talked to the centre’s director Professor Philip Withers about using technology to make new alloy metals for oil rigs and pipelines which are less prone to damage from hydrogen found in oil and water.

    More at BBC.com/Click and @BBCClick.