Olympus Corp., Waltham, Mass., introduces the GX53 inverted metallurgical microscope with upgraded Olympus Stream image analysis software for improved observation and reporting capabilities.
Nordson Corp., Westlake, Ohio, has acquired Sonoscan Inc., Elk Grove Village, Illinois, a designer and manufacturer of acoustic microscopes and sophisticated acoustic micro-imaging systems used in a variety of microelectronic, automotive, aerospace, and industrial electronics assembly applications.
Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that it has signed two new Long-Term Pricing Agreements with General Dynamics Land Systems to be the preferred supplier of titanium plate for the Abrams tank and the Ajax specialist vehicle.
Thermal spray coatings exhibit a unique microstructural architecture. Coatings are formed as melted and partially melted particles of different sizes impact substrates at a rate of perhaps one million particles per second, and build up one upon the other.
Electrochemical polarization curves show a 600 to 800 mV increase in pitting potential in treated (900 to 1000 mV) versus nontreated (200 to 300 mV) type 316 in chloride solutions.
