Bodycote, Macclesfield, England, has produced the Periodic Table of Fictional Metals, elements that have appeared in classical myths, books, films, comic books, and computer games for many years, as creative people invented metals with mythical or magical qualities.
Continue readingNitrex announces Nitriding Symposium for November
Nitrex Metal Inc., Quebec, Canada, announces its fourth Nitriding Symposium, dedicated exclusively to controlled nitriding and nitrocarburizing presentations by academic researchers and industry professionals.
Continue readingAl-Ce-Mg alloys enable easier casting, higher temperatures for engine parts
Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and partners Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Eck Industries announce that they have developed aluminum-cerium alloys that are lower in cost, easier to cast, and more resistant to high temperatures than existing products.
Continue readingParticle Trajectories in Plasma Spray
The diagram illustrates the various trajectories that particle distributions may follow. Each trajectory shown represents extremes in particle heating, and this affects the average condition of the particles on impact (liquid, solid + liquid).
Continue readingASB Industries celebrates 70 years with Cold Spray reference book
ASB Industries Inc., Barberton, Ohio, is celebrating 70 years in business by producing High Pressure Cold Spray: Principles and Applications, a practical and useful, comprehensive and technically advanced in-depth look at the high-pressure cold spray process.
Continue readingElectroplating can eliminate gold waste in electronic devices
ClassOne Technology, Kalispell, Montana, announces that its Solstice gold plating systems can save money for makers of electronic devices by eliminating gold waste, reducing the amount of gold needed, and simplifying the gold plating process.
Continue readingLong-life flexible printed electronics encapsulated with Picosun ALD
Picosun Oy, Finland, brings to the printed electronics market ALD equipment specifically designed for large-area flexible electronics encapsulation.
Continue readingNanolaminated MoAlB coating resists corrosion at high temperatures
Drexel University, Philadelphia, announces that a research team from Drexel, Linkoping University in Sweden, and Imperial College London, has produced a nanolaminated molybdenum-aluminum-boride coating that resists corrosion at high temperatures.
Continue readingThe world loses Karl A. Gschneidner
Ames Laboratory Senior metallurgist Karl A. Gschneidner Jr., known around the world as Mr. Rare Earth, passed away April 27 at the age of 85.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Alpha-Prime Inhibits Toughness in Ferritic Stainless Steels
The graph shows how alpha-prime formation reduces toughness in ferritic stainless steels.
Continue reading