Posts by Lisa McDonald
Three new ACerS books on glass-ceramics, ceramic composites and fracture
I was a student for enough years that this time of year brings on an imprinted urge to own some…
Read MoreNew paper addresses causes of shattering glass cookware; margin of safety described as ‘borderline’
[Image above] A reconstructed fractured soda lime silicate Pyrex bowl. Arrows outline crack paths. Credit: Photograph courtesy of G. Quinn.…
Read MoreBreakthrough in understanding piezoelectric mechanism in Pb-free ferroelectrics
Applying a poling field (Epol) creates a rhombohedral (R)/tetragonal (T) morphotropic phase boundary in a single phase grain of (Bi½Na½)TiO3-6%BaTiO3.…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Here is what we are hearing: Harper contracts with Orbite Aluminae for revolutionary high-purity alumina processing systems Harper International, world…
Read MoreGood news emerges on solar panel front, but not necessarily for US makers
Today’s Wall Street Journal reports that despite the seeming predominance of negative business news about solar panel manufacturers, the number…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory worlds
• The Rs 1,900-crore Hindusthan National Glass & Industries Ltd‘s (HNG) expects its fully-owned German outfit, Agenda Glas (now renamed…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here is what we are hearing: Lynas rockets after Malaysian plant approved (Sydney Morning Herald) Lynas Corp. stock soared by…
Read MoreWorld’s medical ceramics market pegged at $10B+
Next week ACerS will be holding its first Innovations in Biomedical Materials conference with aim of generating some synergy from…
Read MoreCeramTec posts video libraries on YouTube channels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykmu0bzhjOQ Germany-based advanced ceramics manufacturer CeramTec recently created a YouTube channel for itself and over the last two weeks has…
Read MoreCore-shell particles for acoustic metamaterials by millifluidics
OK, this little piece by Stefano Tonzani for Wiley’s Materials Views blog is not about ceramic materials, but it’s really…
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