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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Jim Destefani / July 18, 2013

British ceramics makers play baby waiting game (AP) It’s a royal bonanza—but for Britain’s souvenir makers, it’s also a royal headache. The upcoming birth of Prince William and his wife…

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News from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds

By Eileen De Guire / May 28, 2013

• Nippon Sheet Glass Co. reported a 5.6 percent decline in revenues in fiscal year 2013, compared to fiscal year 2012, according to the company’s FY 2013 Annual Consolidated Financial…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Eileen De Guire / March 8, 2013

Here is what we are hearing: Lynas reports first rare earths from Malaysia facility Lynas Corp. is pleased to confirm that the Lynas Advanced Material Plant in Malaysia (LAMP) has…

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Video: While-you-wait sintering of zirconia dental crowns

By Eileen De Guire / March 15, 2012

[flash https://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/speed_sintering_zirconia.flv mode=1 f={image=https://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/speed_sintering_zirconia.jpg}] Glidewell Laboratories in Newport Beach, Calif., developed a fast-firing process for zirconia that may make it possible for dental restoration crowns to be made while you…

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Composite materials: Reinforcing metal with ceramics

By Martin Grolms / March 8, 2012

Sample metal–ceramic composite honeycomb macrostructures. Credit: C. Weigelt et al.; Adv. Eng. Mater. The combination of two or more different materials offers a range of advantages. Regarding crashworthiness, for instance, composite materials…

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Raman spectroscopy used like a GPS to map toughening in zirconia

By Eileen De Guire / August 22, 2011

Polarized confocal Raman spectroscopy can be used to observe in situ ferroelastic switching of ceria-stabilized zirconia. Credit: Bolon and Gentleman; JACerS GPS is a great tool. It can guide you…

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Electric field yields triple sintering gain: improved ceramic properties, greater speed and lower temps

By / June 1, 2010

Two months ago, I wrote about how North Carolina State University’s Hans Conrad had apparently discovered that sintered ceramic materials could be deformed and shaped by applying an electric field.…

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2008 Friedberg Lecture: Hunting the Perovskite Range – Harlan Anderson

By / March 14, 2009

Anderson discusses the properties and characteristics of this unique class of ceramics which allow them to be utilized both as electrical insulators as well as electrical conductors.

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