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New Norton Merit Pink Abrasives Offer Faster Cutting, Longer Life & Superb Finishes

Saint-Gobain Abrasives, one of the world’s largest abrasives manufacturers, has introduced new Norton Merit Pink R928, a better tier of Flap Wheels and Specialty Abrasives, including cartridge/spiral rolls and square/cross pads that feature a superior ceramic grain for greater efficiency when beveling, blending, cleaning/detailing, deburring and finishing stainless steel and other hard-to-grind materials.

From Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives 12 Jun 2019

Shimadzu’s New Fraction Collector FRC-40 for HPLC

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) announces the release of the new Fraction Collector FRC-40 for high-performance liquid chromatography, which significantly advances preparative scale fractionation.

From Shimadzu Scientific Instruments 12 Jun 2019

Keeping Food Safe from Bacteria

NUS food scientists have found that a combination of lactic acid with food grade sodium hypochlorite is an effective sanitiser to process fresh organic vegetables.

11 Jun 2019

The Journey of Actinium-225: How Scientists Discovered a New Way to Produce a Rare Medical Radioisotope

Inside a narrow glass tube sits a substance that can harm or cure, depending on how you use it. It gives off a faint blue glow, a sign of its radioactivity. While the energy and subatomic particles it emits can damage human cells, they can also kill some of our most stubborn cancers. This substance is actinium-225.

11 Jun 2019

Saint-Gobain Seals Exhibiting at Paris Air Show, Sharing Diverse Range of Critical Seals & Polymer Solutions and Fluoroloy® A90 Material for Jet Engine Lubrication Systems

Saint-Gobain Seals, a designer and manufacturer of critical, engineered seals and polymer solutions, will be exhibiting at the Paris Air Show from June 17 to 23, with several other strategic business units in their corporate booth located at Hall 2B, E138.

From Saint-Gobain Seals 11 Jun 2019

ASTM to Develop a Standard for Mechanical Testing of Additively Manufactured Plastics

ASTM International’s committee on additive manufacturing technologies (F42) is developing a standard-guide for mechanical testing of additively manufactured plastics (WK66029).

11 Jun 2019

Covestro Offers Thermally Conductive PC to Boost LED Recyclability

Report highlights Electronic waste is a huge issue, with Statista estimating nearly 50 million metric tons were generated globally last year alone. Some of the materials traditionally used in LED lamp and luminaire components contribute to e-waste, and the industry is seeking more sustainable material alternatives.

From Covestro AG 11 Jun 2019

Henkel, RLE to Present Hybrid Structural Body Parts for Auto Lightweighting at AEE 2019

Henkel and RLE International have joined forces to help OEMs and tier 1 suppliers in the automotive industry leverage weight savings of up to 50 percent with hybrid structural body parts.

From RLE INTERNATIONAL Group 11 Jun 2019

Advancing 3D Printing Materials for STEP Process: Evonik and Evolve Additive

Evonik and Evolve Additive have joined forces to enhance material development for selective thermoplastic electrophotographic process (STEP) to offer a wider range of thermoplastic material for production of additive manufacturing applications.

From Evolve Additive Solutions 11 Jun 2019

Probing Unusual Surface Conductivity of Samarium Hexaboride Crystals with Angle-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy

A group of researchers headed by Osaka University employed angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy to explore the peculiar surface conductivity of samarium hexaboride crystals.

11 Jun 2019

Pentair Utilizes BASF’s High-purity PESU for Water Treatment Applications

In order to ensure the production of clean and safe water throughout the whole water treatment system, the water treatment company Pentair, London, United Kingdom uses Ultrason® E 6020 P.

From Pentair 11 Jun 2019

General Motors Selects Teijin's Sereebo® CFRTP for High-volume Vehicles

Teijin Limited announced that its Sereebo carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) has been selected by General Motors (GM) for use in select pickup box applications. This is the world's first use of CFRTP for structural parts in a high-volume production vehicle.

From Teijin Limited 11 Jun 2019

Materials Science News

New Norton Merit Pink Abrasives Offer Faster Cutting, Longer Life & Superb Finishes

Shimadzu’s New Fraction Collector FRC-40 for HPLC

Keeping Food Safe from Bacteria

The Journey of Actinium-225: How Scientists Discovered a New Way to Produce a Rare Medical Radioisotope

Saint-Gobain Seals Exhibiting at Paris Air Show, Sharing Diverse Range of Critical Seals & Polymer Solutions and Fluoroloy® A90 Material for Jet Engine Lubrication Systems

ASTM to Develop a Standard for Mechanical Testing of Additively Manufactured Plastics

Covestro Offers Thermally Conductive PC to Boost LED Recyclability

Henkel, RLE to Present Hybrid Structural Body Parts for Auto Lightweighting at AEE 2019

Advancing 3D Printing Materials for STEP Process: Evonik and Evolve Additive

Probing Unusual Surface Conductivity of Samarium Hexaboride Crystals with Angle-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Pentair Utilizes BASF’s High-purity PESU for Water Treatment Applications

General Motors Selects Teijin's Sereebo® CFRTP for High-volume Vehicles

Scientists Expand the Ability of 2D Materials to Refine Technology

MakerBot Launches Durable and Chemical-resistant PETG for 3D Printing

BASF & Paxis Work Together to Test Photopolymers on Paxis’ New 3D Printing Technology

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Preventing Corrosion in the Oil and Gas Industry Using 3D Optical Microscopy

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1 Elasticity of Gels Arises from the Packing of Clusters of Particles in the Gels, Finds Study

2 Micromeritics Awards the University of Hamburg a 3Flex Surface Characterization Analyzer

3 Study Shows Fluoride Significantly Increases the Stability of Perovskite-Based Solar Cells

4 New Battery Design Could Improve the Performance of Solid-State Lithium Batteries

5 The Journey of Actinium-225: How Scientists Discovered a New Way to Produce a Rare Medical Radioisotope

6 Researchers Identity a New Method to Dramatically Boost Battery Lifetime

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