News tagged with conventional metals
Carbon nanotubes are superior to metals for electronics
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 20, 2009 |
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In the quest to pack ever-smaller electronic devices more densely with integrated circuits, nanotechnology researchers keep running up against some unpleasant truths: higher current density induces electromigration ...
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Information superhighway’s trash yields a super highway asphalt
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Discarded electronic hardware, including bits and pieces that built the information superhighway, can be recycled into an additive that makes super-strong asphalt paving material for real highways, researchers in China are ...
A glass of wine can help find new mineral deposits
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 13, 2007 |
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The key to finding new mineral deposits in Australia could be to start looking with a glass of wine or a soft drink.
A healthier July Fourth: Eco-friendly fireworks and flares poised to light up the sky
Jun 30, 2008 |
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From the rockets' red glare to bombs bursting in air, researchers are developing more environmentally friendly fireworks and flares to light up the night sky while minimizing potential health risks, according ...
Easing concerns about pollution from manufacture of solar cells
Feb 25, 2008 |
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In a finding that could help ease concerns about the potential environmental impact of manufacturing solar cells, scientists report that the manufacture of solar cells produces far fewer air pollutants than conventional fossil ...
In 'novel playground,' metals are formed into porous nanostructures
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 27, 2008 |
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For 5,000 years or so, the only way to shape metal has been to "heat and beat." Even in modern nanotechnology, working with metals involves carving with electron beams or etching with acid.
New barrier coating offers savings for aluminium smelters
Feb 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A barrier coating developed through CSIRO’s Light Metals Flagship offers aluminium smelters significant annual savings in reduced consumption of petroleum coke alone.
Eco-Friendly Pyrotechnics
Mar 17, 2008 |
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You know it is chemistry when it stinks and goes boom—and entrances us. “No other application in the field of chemistry has such a positive association for the general population as fireworks,” says Thomas Klapötke (University ...
Researchers form metal nanoparticles into porous structures
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 27, 2008 |
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For 5,000 years or so, the only way to shape metal has been to "heat and beat." Even in modern nanotechnology, working with metals involves carving with electron beams or etching with acid.
Hybrid welding process developed
Dec 18, 2006 |
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U.S. scientists say they've developed a hybrid process involving the use of a laser in friction-stir welding to extend the application to more materials.
Surface dislocation nucleation: Strength is but skin deep at the nanoscale
Mar 03, 2008 |
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For centuries, engineers have bent and torn metals to test their strength and ductility. Now, materials scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science are studying the ...
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