Computex ASUS has given the world what they claim is a new material, and it has a catchy name: Ceraluminium.
The brand of ASUS Zenbook Plasma Ceramic Aluminum
Ceraluminum was announced yesterday at an event held in conjunction with the Computex conference in Taiwan, and was described as the result of a four-year effort to "transform aluminum into high-tech ceramics." Keraluminium has been built into a new ASUS laptop, the Zenbook S 16.
The Register learned that the substance is synthesized by submerging a sheet of aluminum in hot water and then introducing a mysterious ceramic component that, in a complex process, bonds to the metal, producing a mottled finish similar to ceramic. We suggested to an ASUS rep at the event that the process sounds a bit like anodizing, which bonds a material to the surface of metal, and were told that wasn't a terrible assumption, but the ceraluminization process—what a wonderful word—is more complex.
The substance has only been applied to the back of the Zenbook 16's screen – a panel that, in your correspondent's experience, is prone to scratches when you get laptops around the world. Why Ceraluminium is not worth using more widely was not explained.
