The ASM International Board of Trustees announces the appointment of William T. (Bill) Mahoney as Managing Director effective immediately.
ASM Appoints New Managing Director
Bodycote acquires Nitrex Metal Technologies for precision gas nitriding
Bodycote, Macclesfield, England, announces that it has acquired Nitrex Metal Technologies, which specializes in precision gas nitriding and ferritic nitrocarburizing in both batch and continuous processes.
Chromium Nitride in Duplex Stainless Steels
Because of the use of nitrogen as an alloying element in these stainless steels, chromium nitrides (CrN) may be present on α/α grain boundaries, on γ/α boundaries, and within the α grains. If formed in large quantities and under conditions in which the chromium-depleted areas do not have time to repair themselves during annealing, the presence of CrN may adversely affect corrosion resistance.
From Yellowcake to Nuclear Reactor Fuel
Uranium mining methods produce a liquid with uranium dissolved in it. This is filtered and the uranium is then separated by ion exchange, precipitated from the solution, filtered, and dried to produce a bright yellow uranium oxide concentrate known as ‘yellowcake,’ which contains 0.7% U235.
Director of Canadian thermal spray research center elected Fellow of Royal Society of Canada
The University of Toronto announces that Distinguished Professor in Plasma Engineering Javad Mostaghimi has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for his research on simulating the dynamics of droplet impact and solidification in thermal spray coating processes.