Ceramic Tech Today

Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Jim Destefani / September 25, 2013

Ceramics and glass business news of the week.

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The glass science behind the flat screen

By Eileen De Guire / September 24, 2013

Two recent papers in the ACerS International Journal of Applied Glass Science by a Corning Inc. team show the science behind commercial glasses for LCD substrates.

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Rotary engine materials, applications reimagined

By Jim Destefani / September 24, 2013

Ceramic materials and possible new applications are possible keys to reviving the Wankel rotary engine design.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Jim Destefani / September 23, 2013

Other materials stories that may be of interest.

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News from the glass and refractory ceramics world

By P. Carlo Ratto / September 23, 2013

News from the glass and refractory ceramics world

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Harnessing solar with ceramic particles

By Jim Destefani / September 20, 2013

Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are working to improve falling-particle receiver technology, a solar energy approach that dates to the 1980s.

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Video: NIST net zero energy home has power to spare, plus DOE NZE contest inspires new thinking about home

By Eileen De Guire / September 20, 2013

Net zero energy homes have energy-generating systems such as solar panels, geothermal heat pumps, and highly energy efficient systems with zoned HVAC, LED and CF lighting, and in-home smart grids to run appliances, electronics, and equipment.

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Jim Destefani / September 19, 2013

Ceramics and glass business news of the week.

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Refractory TTT—Top ten takeaways from Unitecr 2013

By Eileen De Guire / September 17, 2013

The organizers of last week’s Unitecr meeting were savvy in their choice of keynote and plenary speakers, choosing a refractory raw material supplier, a steelmaker, and a renowned consultant to the global refractories industry. Here are the tope ten takeaways.

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Ceramic filters purify water, regardless of location or application

By Jim Destefani / September 17, 2013

Ceramic media are used for a nearly limitless variety of filtration jobs, from drinking water to industrial waste and process streams.

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