alumina

Additive manufacturing for everything from penguin beaks to electrophoretic deposition—and Easter chocolates

By April Gocha / April 18, 2014

The media for additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, run the gamut, but new developments widen the scope for electrophoretic deposition techniques and put Easter chocolates into the list of outputs for new 3D printers.

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Hard knock life: Marine mollusks inspire stronger ceramics

By April Gocha / April 7, 2014

New research uses inspiration from the ocean to improve ceramics, making them stronger by controlling their microstructure and mimicking that of marine mollusks.

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Happy Spring—April ACerS Bulletin is now online

By April Gocha / March 20, 2014

The April issue of ACerS Bulletin is now online–check it out to read all about additive manufacturing, patent law, the history of alumina-enriched high-voltage insulators, news, activities, and more.

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Biomedical nanoelectronics get a boost from alumina-protected silicon nanowires

By April Gocha / March 2, 2014

Harvard scientists have synthesized alumina shells on silicon nanowires to protect the wires and vastly extend their lives in biomedical nanoelectronics.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Jim Destefani / September 16, 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 10, 2013

Glass and refractories business news of the week.

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High-alumina ceramic insulator at heart of new spark plug

By Jim Destefani / September 9, 2013

Federal-Mogul Corp., a Southfield, Mich.-based supplier of OEM and aftermarket automotive components and systems, has introduced a new high-performance spark plug featuring a high-alumina insulator material that enables the plug to handle the increasing thermal, voltage, and other requirements of modern high-output gasoline engines.

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‘A ceramic by another name would still be brittle’—Students, release your inner Shakespeare!

By Eileen De Guire / March 1, 2013

Scanning electron micrograph of a partially agglomerated suspension of alumina particles, which have been directionally freeze-­cast resulting in large alumina agglomerates laced with a fine freeze-­cast structure. Credit: Materials Science…

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Roskill: Upturn in shipped, traded bauxite; market to be oversupplied short term

By / January 22, 2013

Global bauxite production. Asian supply has grown from 16 percent to 45 percent over the last decade. Credit: Roskill. In what is probably good news for refractory ceramics producers, a…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By / January 11, 2013

Here is what we are hearing: Netzsch to supply SpaceX’s thermal analysis lab Netzsch Instruments North America LLC is proud to announce that it is currently the sole supplier to…

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