Stainless Steel 304 is regarded the world over as one of the most suitable materials for the manufacture of medical devices for all sorts of applications.
‘Aerogel’ is a broad term used to talk about an extraordinary group of materials that have been used since the 1960’s in space travel, but are now finding uses across a whole range of industries.
By G.P. Thomas
22 Aug 2012
Using the latest manufacturing techniques and often exotic materials, biomedical devices particularly those used in humans, present some of the biggest engineering challenges for the material science and medical research communities today.
By Nick Gilbert
16 Aug 2012
This article details the properties and applications of AISI 1020 low carbon/low tensile steel.
This article details the properties of AISI 1018 mild/low carbon steel.
Olympics medals, just what are they made of? Have they always been the same? An introduction to the history behind them, the design, the specification and materials used for Olympic medals.
By Nick Gilbert
1 Jun 2012
Graphene is widely regarded as one of the most exciting materials in the world of materials science. But what is it? What makes it so Special and what will it be used for?
By Nick Gilbert
29 May 2012
Have you ever seen the numbers moulded into the bottom of plastic containers and wondered what they referred to? The materials that these codes relate to are listed and the usage of the code system are explained.
Sputtered films with large surface area were formed from TiO2/ZnO film by ZnO dissolution, since large surface area is necessary to apply TiO2 films as a photocatalyst and/or an electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells.
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