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Strem Chemicals Receives National Performance Improvement Honor

Strem Chemicals is pleased to announce it has been recognized for improving environmental, health, safety and security (EHS&S) performance at its Newburyport facility by the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA), the leading trade association representing specialty chemical manufacturers.

From Strem Chemicals 2 Jan 2018

Titan Reports Supply of 600,000 Flowmeters to Beer Industry

Titan Enterprises reports on its long-standing working relationship with Vianet (formerly Brulines) for the development and supply of beer flowmeters. Over the last 20 years - Titan Enterprises has delivered over 600,000...

From Titan Enterprises Ltd. 22 Dec 2017

Online Resources for Flow Measurement

Titan Enterprises has added a new informative customer resources section to its website – www.flowmeters.co.uk. Designed for engineers and scientists tasked with making flow measurements - a new series of flowmete...

From Titan Enterprises Ltd. 22 Dec 2017

NEW: Brillant 240 - Semi-automatic wet abrasive cut-off machine

The Brillant 240 is a compact and flexible semi-automatic wet abrasive cut-off machine with a 250 mm/10” cut-off wheel for workpieces or samples up to Ø 94 mm and combines the benefits and speed of a manual cu...

From QATM 22 Dec 2017

Monitoring Oil Flow to Critical Bearings in Heavy Machinery

Titan Enterprises reports how it developed an adapted version of its OG5 flowmeter for a leading supplier of mobile rock crushers to monitor oil flow to the rotating cylinder bearing mechanism at the heart of their ...

From Titan Enterprises Ltd. 22 Dec 2017

CAMSIZER P4 - The new Generation

The new CAMSIZER P4 is the systematic enhancement and optimization of the well-proven CAMSIZER system for the determination of particle size and particle shape with Dynamic Image Analysis. Based on the unique dual...

From Microtrac 22 Dec 2017

New Particle Analyzer CAMSIZER X2

Higher resolution, extended measuring range and excellent statistics: With the CAMSIZER X2 RETSCH TECHNOLOGY presents the next generation of the well-proven dynamic image analysis system CAMSIZER XT. The new analy...

From Microtrac 22 Dec 2017

Saphir Vibro - Vibratory Polishing Newly Discovered

The vibratory polishing device Saphir Vibro is designed for the virtually deformation-free preparation of specimen surfaces. It is ideal for further characterizations, e.g. EBSD (electron backscatter diffraction), AFM an...

From QATM 22 Dec 2017

Detergent Chemistry Impacts the Removal of Silver from Laundry Wastewater

The anti-odor potential of silver nanoparticles has resulted in the use of these particles in clothing. However, a part of these particles get disintegrated from the clothes during laundry. The laundry wastewater might finally reach the environment, probably posing hazard to aquatic organisms.

21 Dec 2017

Researchers Use Glass to Develop the ATLAS Bench

A bench has been made from exceptionally resistant glass by a PhD student in civil engineering at EPFL in collaboration with a recent architecture graduate. A number of companies broke new ground in order to extend their support for this highly innovative project.

21 Dec 2017

Innovative Surface Acoustic Wave Device for Ramping Up Output Frequencies

In the “internet of things” network adopted at present, devices fundamentally connect at high speeds over short ranges, a setting where surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices have been propitious for many years now, leading to reduction in the size of smartphone.

20 Dec 2017

Researchers Chemically Imprint Polymer Particles with DNA Strands

Polymer particles have been chemically imprinted with DNA strands by McGill University researchers – a technique capable of leading to new materials for applications ranging from biomedicine to “soft robotics” (a promising field).

20 Dec 2017

Method for Using NMR to Analyze Exotic Nanomaterials and Strange States of Matter

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a robust technical tool adopted for medical imaging and for investigating the chemical structure of compounds and molecules. An innovative study conducted at Brown University demonstrates a method that assists in modifying NMR to analyze the physical characteristics of two-dimensional nanomaterials, thin films, and exotic states of matter.

20 Dec 2017

A Step Closer to Non-electric Batteries

A polymer chain organized like a string of Christmas lights could be key to future energy storage say materials chemists in America, who believe they have solved one of the major hurdles in the field.

By Kerry Taylor-Smith 20 Dec 2017

Morgan Advanced Materials shortens production times for investment casting of turbine engine blades with proprietary leachable material

Investment casting businesses can benefit from significantly shorter leaching cycles for core support rods used in the production of turbine engine blades, following the development of a new range of materials which have...

From Morgan Advanced Materials 20 Dec 2017