News tagged with corrosion protection
Scientists replace chrome coatings with safer metal alloys
May 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since the 1940s, chrome has been used to add a protective coating and shiny luster to a wide range of metal products, from bathroom fixtures to car bumpers.
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Scientist Makes Another Breakthrough on Corrosion-Resistant Zeolite Coating
Jan 29, 2008 |
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Hexavalent chromium played the villain in the film “Erin Brockovich,” causing severe and permanent health problems for people living near a power plant.
Green Ideas: Making Concrete from Rice
Jul 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Concrete accounts for about 5% of all human-related CO2 emissions. The fact that we use so much cement in building could mean that the issue becomes even more pronounced in the future. Bu ...
Researchers develop environmentally friendly coatings for military applications
Aug 01, 2006 |
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Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla are helping to develop a two-layer, chromate-free coating system to protect military equipment, especially aircraft, from corrosion. The two layers consist of ...
Bacterium takes a shine to metals
Jun 16, 2006 |
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Exposed metal surfaces are highly vulnerable to corrosion, but paint or other protective coatings can interfere with some uses, as well as add significant costs. Now, a comprehensive series of experiments suggests ...
Scientists develope new agents to battle MRSA
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Experts from Queen's University Belfast have developed new agents to fight MRSA and other hospital-acquired infections that are resistant to antibiotics. The fluids are a class of ionic liquids that not only kill colonies ...
Self-healing surfaces
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 03, 2009 |
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The engineers' dream of self-healing surfaces has taken another step towards becoming reality -- researchers have produced a electroplated layer that contains tiny nanometer-sized capsules. If the layer is ...
Self-healing concrete for safer, more durable infrastructure (w/Video)
Apr 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A concrete material developed at the University of Michigan can heal itself when it cracks. No human intervention is necessary--just water and carbon dioxide.
Researchers investigate links between prostate, cadmium, zinc
Jan 30, 2008 |
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Cadmium exposure is a known risk factor for prostate cancer, and a new University of Rochester study suggests that zinc may offer protection against cadmium.
Chemists use 'green chemistry' to produce amines, chemical compounds used widely in industry
Jun 12, 2008 |
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Chemists at UC Riverside have discovered an inexpensive, clean and quick way to prepare amines – nitrogen-containing organic compounds derived from ammonia that have wide industrial applications such as solvents, additives, ...
Sweden allows first wolf hunt in 45 years
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Sweden will this winter allow its first wolf hunt in 45 years following a decision by the Scandinavian country's parliament to limit their number, authorities said on Wednesday.
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