The Helmut Fischer Group, Germany, introduced an all-new generation of its high-end segment for coating thickness measurement and material analysis using X-ray fluorescence with two devices, FISCHERSCOPE XDAL and FISCHERSCOPE XDV.
A $10 million programmatic increase at the Army Research Laboratory for rapid deposition research is anticipated to support cold spray engineering research at Florida International University.
As with all coating technologies, thermal spray has some limitations; understanding them is important so that engineers can design effective solutions to the challenges of surface modification.
NASA is advancing nuclear power and propulsion in space to accomplish new national space objectives. This has put a new spotlight on nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP). NTP systems work by pumping a liquid propellant, most likely hydrogen, through a reactor core. Uranium atoms split apart inside the core and release heat through fission. This physical […]
Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Calif., created a new model for crystal defects at realistic temperatures. As most materials, especially metals and ceramics, are crystals, their atoms are arranged in three-dimensional lattices that repeat the same exact pattern, over and over again. But there’s a well-known saying in materials science: “Crystals are like people. It is the defects that tend to make them interesting.”
