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Goodfellow Release Reticulated Foams With An Unusually High Surface Area-to-Volume Ratio

Metal, carbon and ceramic reticulated foams - low-density, permeable structures of cells and continuous ligaments - are available in small quantities to researchers and design engineers from Goodfellow. Thanks in part to the continuous ligaments, reticulated foams have an unusually high surface area-to-volume ratio.

From Goodfellow 5 Sep 2008

Bayer MaterialScience Worldscale MDI Production Facility Strengthen Market Foothold in Polyurethane Industry

Dr. Azita Owlia, Senior Vice President of Business Unit Polyurethanes, Asia Pacific, noted that demand growth for polyurethanes in China outstripped that in other parts of the world, reflecting the rapid pace of development of downstream industries such as the automotive, construction, and sports and leisure industries.

3 Sep 2008

New Release Handbook Outline Global Change in HDPE Market - Get It Now !

The lightweight, non-toxic material is easily recyclable and is increasingly being utilized as an alternative for less environmentally friendly substances. A new study from Ceresana Research now closely examines this important plastic market.

2 Sep 2008

AST Completes Delivery of Neutron Detectors for Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Applied Scintillation Technologies (AST) is delighted to announce that it has delivered the final neutron detection modules for use in the neutron detectors for the VULCAN engineering diffractometer at Oak Ridge National...

1 Sep 2008

Boeing Recent Certification Validates Company's Environmental Management Practice

Boeing today announced that its military aircraft maintenance, modification and upgrade facility in San Antonio has earned an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001 certification, becoming the company...

29 Aug 2008

Researchers Develop New Improved 'Green' Explosives

Certain explosives may soon get a little greener and a little more precise. LLNL researchers added unique green solvents (ionic liquids) to an explosive called TATB (1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene) and improved the...

29 Aug 2008

AMS Technologies Launch New Multimode Laser Diode with 50% Power Increase

As official distributor of Bookham, Inc. in Europe AMS Technologies announces the launch of a fully qualified high power multimode pump module offering up to 6W power. The pump module, designed to provide the power a...

From AMS Technologies AG 27 Aug 2008

DuPont Showcase New Technology in Personal Protection Products

On Monday, DuPont hosted Delaware Congressman Mike Castle and more than 30 local officials, first responders and firefighters in Wilmington, Del., for an overview of DuPont Personal Protection key industry products.

27 Aug 2008

BASF Donate Interceptor Malaria Nets to Cyclone Victims

The company channeled 75,000 nets through the well-known U.K. based emergency response agency The MENTOR Initiative and another 25,000 nets through the Thailand Red Cross.

25 Aug 2008

DuPont Arms World Atheletes with New Kevlar Incoporated Racquet with Crack and Shatter Resistance

This is the second in a series on DuPont innovations in materials science that are helping the world's best athletes compete in Beijing, China, and how they play a critical role in delivering maximum performance.

25 Aug 2008

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