Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., announces that its Materials Research Science and Engineering Center has received a six-year, $15.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
Northrop Grumman Corp., Falls Church, Va., a leading global security company; and Orbital ATK Inc., Dulles, Va., a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announce that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Northrop Grumman will acquire Orbital ATK for approximately $7.8 billion in cash, plus the assumption of $1.4 billion in net debt.
September 2017 Issue of Advanced Materials & Processes, featuring: Aerosapce Trends: Specialized Coatings Prevent Corrosion; Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Designs, Carbon Covetic Nanomaterials; and the HTPro Newsletter.
Lithium-ion batteries have become a ubiquitous part of the digital revolution, but not without a serious setback. They keep spontaneously exploding, and consumers are getting worried.
X-ray diffraction analysis indicates that the hardened case consists of a mixture of expanded austenite and expanded martensite.
