A semiconductor is a material having a conductivity value that lies between that of a conductor and an insulator.
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Optical microscopy enables imaging of objects at greater magnification than what the human eye can observe using one or more lenses. Basic microscopes included one lens, which was a magnifying glass and has been in use for over 500 years.
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With the increasing requirement for more optimized vehicle crashworthiness analysis from the automotive industry, tensile testing of sheet steels under dynamic conditions is becoming imperative.
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The Design Advisor software enables vehicle design decision makers to precisely and accurately study material selection tradeoffs in terms of cost, mass and greenhouse gas emission savings.
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A consortium of 38 leading organizations with Volkswagen serving as a project coordinator initiated the super LIGHT-Car (SLC) project in 2005.
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This article discusses the results of FutureSteelVehicle (FSV), a three-year program of WorldAutoSteel to create fully engineered, steel-intensive designs for electric vehicles which have reduced lifetime greenhouse gas emissions.
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Improving the quality of life of current and future generations is the key objective of sustainability, or sustainable development, which includes social, economical and environmental dimensions in addition to the stewardship concept that encourages responsible resource use management.
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For generations, steel has been used in automotive applications because of its flexibility which allows it meet the ever-changing vehicle design requirements.
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The Vehicle Materials Energy Model or the UCSB GHG Automotive Materials Comparison Model’s key objective is to quantify the GHG and energy effects of automotive material substitution on the basis of total vehicle life cycle under a wide range of conditions and in a well defined manner.
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At the Great Designs in Steel Conference (GDIS) in 2009, General Motors and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) presented research that compared lightweight materials for a lift gate closure panel, studying functional performance, mass and cost.
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