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Exotic Metal Could Reduce the Size, Cost and Noise of Your Refridgerator

Your refrigerator’s humming, electricity-guzzling cooling system could
soon be a lot smaller, quieter and more economical thanks to an exotic metal
alloy discovered by an international collaboration working at the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for Neutron
Research.

27 Jan 2009

New Standard for Detection and Measurement of Carcinogenic Hexavalent Chromium

The National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST) has issued a new standard - a certified reference
material - to aid in the detection and measurement of the potent carcinogen
hexavalent chromium in soil.

27 Jan 2009

Magnetic Sandwich Greatly Improves The Sensitivity of Sensors

Researchers at the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered that a carefully
built magnetic sandwich that interleaves layers of a magnetic alloy with a few
nanometers of silver “spacer” has dramatically enhanced sensitivity, 400-fold improvement in some cases.

27 Jan 2009

Huntsman to Launch New Fire Retarding Polyisocyanurate Technology

A new technology for fire-retarding polyisocyanurate (PIR) sandwich panels
will be launched by Huntsman at this year's UTECH Europe exhibition and conference (Maastricht,
The Netherlands, March 31 - April 2.

27 Jan 2009

New Thermally Conductive Adhesive for Automotive, LED Assemblies and Computers

Dow Corning
Corporation's Electronics group today announced the worldwide availability
of its DOW CORNING® TC-2030 A&B Thermally Conductive Adhesive for use
in automotive electronics, LED assembly and in the computer market.

From Dow Corning 27 Jan 2009

BASF's Poly-Ether Sulfone Stands Up to the Heat of Fire Fighting

The new high-performance plastic Ultrason® E2010 HC, a BASF
PESU (poly-ether sulfone), has recently been put to an extraordinary use.
The PAB company, a manufacturer of safety equipment headquartered in Buzet,
Croatia, is using the highly transparent HC variant (HC = high clarity) of this
material for the visor of its very heat-resistant firefighter's helmet.

27 Jan 2009

ThyssenKrupp Expands Materials Services Business in Serbia

ThyssenKrupp
Services is again expanding its materials services business and since January
2009 has been represented in Serbia through the new ThyssenKrupp Materials d.o.o.

27 Jan 2009

Novel Powder Dispensing System from Symyx

Symyx Technologies
has announced the availability of Powdernium SV (Storage Vial), a new
shaker powder dispense technology ideal for novel applications such as compound
management, walk-up sample prep and reference standards preparation.

27 Jan 2009

Soft Rubber Mats Make Life Easier for Hair Dressers

The new Ortho Salon Mats help eliminate slips and falls, reduce stains, pains
and worker's compensation claims related to prolonged standing. The new Ortho
Mat is Martinson-Nicholls'
softest salon matting, but is impervious to acids, chemicals and petroleum products.

27 Jan 2009

Clariant Announce Measures to Deal with Economic Decline

Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced sales of CHF 8.1 billion for the Full Year 2008 compared to CHF 8.5 billion in 2007. This translates into a 1% growth in local currency and a 5% decline in...

27 Jan 2009

Latest Developments in Polymers in Power and Telecommunications Cables

Polymers are an essential component of power and telecommunications cables. Ram Ramachandran of Dow Wire and Cable, David Kiddoo of Alphagary Corporation, Dr Jennifer Rust of Borealis and Andreas Farkus of ABB will be ta...

27 Jan 2009

SMS Demag Acquire Automation Division of BEA Group

SMS Demag AG, with an order intake of around 4 billion EUR in 2008 and approx. 6500 employees, and one of the world’s leading machinery and equipment building firms in the field of metallurgical plant and rolling m...

27 Jan 2009

Report Tracks Pricing for Fibers and Polymer Resins

There is little doubt that composite materials are seeing widespread usage within many industries, from aerospace to wind energy. As demand for more composites applications increases in the coming years, composite materi...

27 Jan 2009

Asian Composites Construction Market to Reach $4.9 Billion by 2013

According to Lucintel, the Asian construction market for composite applications such as FRP doors, FRP windows, grating, fiberglass bath tubs, and others, is estimated to reach $4.9 billion in 2013. Lucintel, a leadi...

27 Jan 2009

Superconductor Behaviour Could Help Scientists Understand New Unconventional Materials

MIT physicists have discovered that several high-temperature superconductors display patchwork quilt-like variations at the atomic scale, a surprising finding that could help scientists understand a new class of unconven...

27 Jan 2009