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Simple Route Found for the Formation of á-Alumina for use in Standard Ceramic Processes

Low-Temperature Formation of alpha alumina powders via metal organic synthesis. Alumina is an important technical ceramic, extensively used in microelectronics, catalysis, refractories, abrasives and structural applic...

6 Apr 2006

Showa Denko to Start Producing Alumina in Indonesia

Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has reached agreement with PT. ANTAM Tbk of Indonesia, Straits Trading Amalgamated Resources Private Limited (STAR) of Singapore, and Marubeni Corporation of Japan on implementation of a joint feas...

6 Apr 2006

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Acquires Stake in Advanced Lithium Power

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide has announced that it has acquired a 19.9% stake in Vancouver, British Columbia-based Advanced Lithium Power Inc. (ALP), a newly formed company developing leading-edge lithium ...

5 Apr 2006

Group4 Labs Announces Gallium-Facing Gallium Nitride-on-Diamond Wafer

Group4 Labs, LLC, an extreme materials developer and supplier, announces a Gallium (Ga)-facing version of its recently introduced world’s first gallium nitride (GaN)-on-diamond semiconductor wafer. The new wafer pr...

5 Apr 2006

Alcan Sells Automotive Die-Casting Business in Germany

Alcan has announced today that it has sold its German automotive casting activity to AluCast GmbH, a company controlled by Parter Capital, a private equity company based in Frankfurt, Germany. Alcan BDW GmbH & Co.KG ...

5 Apr 2006

Why Spiders' Silk Threads Don't Twist

Unlike a mountain climber swinging from a rope, a spider suspended from its silk thread hardly ever twists. Although the flexibility and strength of a spider’s dragline outperforms the best synthetic fibres, surpri...

4 Apr 2006

Phelps Dodge Completes Sale of High Performance Conductor Business

Phelps Dodge has announced that it has completed the sale of Phelps Dodge High Performance Conductors of SC & GA, Inc. (HPC) to International Wire Group (IWG). Under the agreement, which was announced March 7, 2006, ...

4 Apr 2006

TMP and BASF Announce Joint Development Agreement for Copper and Barrier CMP-Slurries

TMP and BASF have announced that they have entered into a license and joint development agreement for copper and barrier CMP-slurries (CMP, Chemical Mechanical Planarization). This agreement will leverage TMP’s lea...

4 Apr 2006

Researchers Develop Enzyme Based Hydrogen Fuel Cell to Power Real World Devices

A team of researchers at the University of Oxford have developed an enzyme based biological fuel cell that takes oxygen and hydrogen from an atmosphere to power electrical devices. The enzymes used are isolated from n...

4 Apr 2006

Chinese Scientists Explain Catalysis Neutralizing Car's Exhaust Fumes

The neutralization of the car's tail gas is a problem of practical importance in the eyes of both experimental and theoretical physicists. Recently, a group of CAS scientists in Shenyang City join hands with The Quee...

27 Mar 2006

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