Bruker Nano Surfaces, Santa Barbara, Calif., announces that it has significantly enhanced the capabilities of its MultiMode platform with the MultiMode 8-HR.
Continue readingTresa Pollock named Principal Editor for Metallurgical and Materials Transactions
ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio, announces that the new principal editor of the Metallurgical and Materials Transactions (Met Trans) family of journals will be Dr. Tresa M. Pollock, an internationally recognized leader in the science and technology of advanced structural alloys.
Continue readingHigh-strength magnesium-lithium alloy weighs half as much as aluminum
The University of New South Wales and Monash University, Australia, announce that a team of researchers has developed a high-strength magnesium-lithium alloy with density of 1.4?g/cm3, half as much as aluminum and 30% less than magnesium.
Continue readingOxygen-free copper strip produced in continuous casting, rolling, and coiling process
Mansfelder, Kupfer, und Messing GmbH (MKM), Germany, has begun the production of high-purity, oxygen-free copper strip via Conti-M technology, which makes it possible to cast, hot-roll, mill, and coil copper strip in a continuous process.
Continue readingIpsen furnace enables California Brazing to increase aluminum brazing capacity
Ipsen USA, Cherry Valley, Ill., reports that California Brazing recently purchased its third vacuum aluminum brazing (VAB) furnace from Ipsen, to expand capacity and manufacture a variety of aluminum-brazed assemblies.
Continue readingAir Force selects Northrop Grumman to build new long-range bomber
The U.S. Air Force has selected Northrop Grumman Corp., Falls Church, Va., the company that developed the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, to deliver the new Long-Range Strike Bomber, which is also to be stealthy.
Continue readingCarl Zeiss Microscopy celebrates fifty years of scanning electron microscopes
Carl Zeiss Microscopy Ltd., England, marked the 50th anniversary of the first sale of a commercial scanning electron microscope with an event in Cambridge.
Continue readingUltra 76 Plus tantalum alloy resists corrosion in hot concentrated acids
H.C. Starck, Newton, Mass., introduces the Ultra 76 Plus tantalum alloy, which is designed to combat aggressive hazardous-chemical corrosion in hot concentrated acids.
Continue readingPlansee’s new cold rolling mill produces thin moly sheets up to 1000 mm wide
Plansee, Austria, recently invested in an ultramodern cold rolling mill to produce thin and medium-thickness molybdenum sheets up to 1000 mm wide, and to ensure increased capacity.
Continue readingFlexible polymer electrodes printed with improved electrical properties
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) announces that its researchers have printed razor-thin polymer electrodes with improved electrical properties.
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