Archive for October 2012
Science, art or both? Winners of Cambridge University engineering department photography competition
[Image above] Zinc oxide grown on a nanoporous substrate. The exterior morphology gives the bump a tortoise shell look, but…
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[Image above] MTC reduced, reused, recycled and reorganized their way to an 8,000 square feet expansion of production capability without…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds
• PPG’s glass segment sales were $262 million for the third quarter 2012, down $11 million from the prior year.…
Read MoreAnisotropic, transparent fluoroapatite ceramics for high-power laser applications
[Image above] An Alfred University team led by Yiquan Wu is developing methods for synthesizing anisotropic, transparent, polycrystalline ceramics for…
Read MoreVideo: New nuclear fuel rod ‘jacket?’ EWI’s SiC joined-tube samples stable in MIT research reactor for six months
According to EWI researcher Edward Herderick, the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant presents a key question to…
Read MoreElegant and simple—stretching during spinodal decomposition aligns porosity in glass
[Image above] Different steps of the deforming procedure: (A) initial glass block, (B) sawn glass plate, (C) and (D) stretched…
Read MoreGlass conference in Sicily to focus on energy, information; student scholarships available
The International Materials Institute for New Functionalities in Glass, in association with the Engineering Conferences International, is sponsoring a conference Jan.…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here is what we are hearing: Zircoa: A corporate model for “Veterans Opportunity to Work” legislation Recenctly, Zircoa Inc. of…
Read More“The Magic of Ceramics,” plus new books on glass ceramics, composites and Ceramic Transactions volumes ready for shipping
If you describe yourself as a ceramic engineer or ceramic scientist, you are willing to be different, and you probably…
Read MoreUS-based ceramics manufacturing organization AACCM celebrates 20th anniversary
The Association of American Ceramic Component Manufacturers was established 20 years ago to create unity among ceramic manufacturing companies located…
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