One Minute Mentor: Gas Nitriding and Nitrocarburizing
Gas nitriding is based on the decomposition of ammonia (NH3) at temperatures between 500 and 600°C (930 and 1110°F) according to:
How to Explore an Asteroid
A robot concept called Hedgehog could explore the microgravity environment of comets and asteroids by hopping and rolling around.
ASM Handbooks Online now includes Volume 5B: Protective Organic Coatings
ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio, recently released ASM Handbooks Online, which features the addition of ASM Handbook, Volume 5B: Protective Organic Coatings.
Unraveling structural ambiguities in lithium-rich transition metal oxides
Using complementary microscopy and spectroscopy techniques, researchers at say they have solved the structure of lithium- and manganese-rich transition metal oxides.