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Apr 16 | News
Glass,
one of the oldest man-made materials, is a non-crystalline amorphous
material produced by the fusion of crystalline powder mixtures heated to
high temperatures Using high-energy X-rays, scientists have for the
first time visualized the transformation of powder mixtures into molten
glass.
8/15/2011 | RDBlog
The editors of R&D Magazine have opened the nominations for the 2012 R&D 100 Awards competition, which will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the awards. If your organization introduced a new product this year, or is planning to, you can begin the entry process now.
5/23/2011 | News
For
the Maya, blue was the color of the gods, a pigment without equal with
regard to boldness, beauty, and durability. Made of indigo embedded in a
special clay mineral called palygorskite, Maya blue was prepared in a
way that ancitipated modern syntheses of organic-inorganic hybrid
materials, a recent study reports.
4/7/2011 | News
The
recently completed Terminal B concourse at the Norman Y. Mineta San
Jose International Airport in California received a treatment of PPG
Industries’ Duranar powder coating, which won an R&D 100 Award in
2009. The “green” manufacturing method was the first to allow economical
production of custom colors in small batches.
2/22/2010 | Application Notes
How can flow problems with powders be eliminated? There is a proven scientific method, called the “flow function test”, which can analyze powders for flow behavior. ASTM D6128 describes this procedure for compressing and shearing powder samples in a defined cell.
11/24/2009 | News
This study confirms that the antioxidants and other plant-based nutrients in chocolate and cocoa products are highly associated with the amount of nonfat cocoa-derived ingredients in the product. The nonfat cocoa components are generally the brown cocoa powder content of the products. The study...
11/17/2009 | News
An accidental discovery in a laboratory at Oregon State Univ. has apparently solved a quest that over thousands of years has absorbed the energies of ancient Egyptians, the Han dynasty in China, Mayan cultures and more—the creation of a near-perfect blue pigment.
11/12/2009 | News
At Drug Delivery to the Lungs 20 (DDL 20), which takes place from 9 to 11 December 2009, in Edinburgh, Scotland, specialists from Malvern Instruments will present the results of work undertaken in col...
