Fatigue in a corrosive environment constitutes metallic corrosion.
Ceramic springs have been around as scientific novelty items since the 1970s, produced by a special processing technology. An early example, made at Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) in the UK in the early 1980s, is the cement spring, which achieved celebrity status.
Relative advantages, disadvantages and applications are listed together with a table of typical properties for this thermoplastic.
Relative advantages, disadvantages and applications are listed together with a table of typical properties for this thermoplastic.
Plasma sprayed stabilised zirconia susceptors are being employed in fibre optic production over slip cast items.
Titanium is highly suited to automotive applications such as valves, valve springs, suspension springs and exhaust systems.
The effects of residual and applied stresses and corrosive environments in service are closely interrelated.
“Quantum” has recently become the buzzword in popular science and applied industries for the latest technological and scientific breakthroughs.
By Ben Pilkington
4 Feb 2020
An influential article in Nature Physics recently argued that “Quantum materials,” is fast becoming “a common thread linking disparate communities of researchers” (The rise of quantum materials, 2016).
By Ben Pilkington
4 Feb 2020
Phosphorene is a two-dimensional material, so it is usually constructed of layers of single atoms. It is an allotrope of phosphorus that was first worked within its single-layer form by several research groups in 2014.
By Sarah Moore
3 Feb 2020