Journal referrals, energy storage, and modeling make Jonathon’s list of top five favorite CTT posts from 2020.
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Thermal and environmental barrier coatings are often used to protect turbine blades made from ceramic matrix composites—but these coatings are prone to damage caused by environmental silicate contamination. In three papers published in JACerS, researchers provide extensive insights into the many aspects of damage.
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A new ACerS Publication Central website provides a singular launch point from which to access all ACerS publications, including ACerS journals, books, Bulletin, and phase equilibrium diagram pages.
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The new release of the ACerS–NIST Phase Equilibria Diagrams, Version 4.0, now available on DVD!
Read MoreBackground image: Molten glass. Credit: Michael Germann; Dreamstime.com. Peter and I thought it would be fun to share our five favorite posts from 2012. Finding that choosing only five was…
Read MoreOrder Phase Diagrams Version 3.4 CD to access more than 24,800 phase diagrams. The new release includes 892 new figures and 1400 new phase diagrams.
Read MoreA carbon fiber propped against a human hair. Was their “discovery” an accident? Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Have you ever wondered how carbon fibers were discovered? It turns out the guy…
Read More“A schematic illustration and a high-resolution transmission electron microscopy image showing that nanometer-thick, sintering-aid-based, quasi-liquid, intergranular and surface films form at a thermodynamic equilibrium below the bulk solidus line in…
Read MoreIf you work in ceramic science and engineering, you probably know that phase diagrams are a must-have reference material. That’s why The American Ceramic Society and NIST put so much…
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