Conceptual design for the X43-A, a reusable hypersonic aerospace vehicle that would utilize UHTC leading edges and control surfaces.
By Professor Michel Barsoum
4 Mar 2010
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Diamond is highly attractive as a laser material as it promises capabilities well beyond that possible from other materials in accordance with its extreme properties.
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Vesuvius offers specially formulated Fused Silica Melting Pots for the melting of different glass types such as borosilicate, optical glass, colored glass, opal glass, crystal glass, electronic glass and other formulations.
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Atom Probe Tomography (APT) represents a revolutionary characterization tool for materials that can image individual atoms in three dimensions, a major advancement over the two dimensional images of other microscopy techniques.
Among the twelve principles of green science and technology is a desire that the production of materials be achieved from sustainable sources with minimal environmental impact, and preferably by recycling of waste materials.