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Laser Oil & Gas Well Drilling: Laser Rock Drilling on the History Channel

Argonne's Laser Applications Lab and researcher Claude Reed (NE) appeared in the History Channel program "Modern Marvels: Drilling" (May 10, 2006). "Modern Marvels" relates the ingenuity, invention and imagination behind everyday items, technological breakthroughs and man-made wonders.
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  • Laser Rock Drilling on the History Channel
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  • Laser glazing of 1080 steel wheel
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  • Laser glazing of flat steel surface
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  • Laser rock perforation demo
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  • Laser rock drilling demo
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