Material scientists have published a study describing how they engineered a spray-on nanocrystal coating that that can control how much light or heat passes through it using electricity. The team, from the US Department of Energy's ...
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Rebar is a metal rod that provides reinforcement to concrete structures. The name itself literally shows this metal rod's purpose, as rebar is acronym for reinforcing bar. The most common use of rebar is to build concrete reinforcing ...
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Mar-Kov Computer Systems has released Recipe Manager Pro for Paints and Coatings manufacturers. Mar-Kov has also released a 5-minute demo video summarizes the system’s main features. Recipe Manager Pro software provides ...
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Ross introduced a Laboratory High Viscosity Disperser featuring interchangeable bow-tie and paddle blades driven by a 2HP explosion-proof, VFD-capable motor. Suitable for use with standard 5-gallon pails, this bench-top mixer is ideal for ...
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GranBio, a Brazilian biotechnology company, and Rhodia, a Solvay Group company, have signed an agreement to create a partnership to produce bio n-butanol. Bio n-butanol is made from sugar cane straw and bagasse, the same raw material that ...
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has released its inaugural LEED in Motion report, a holistic statistical snapshot of the green building movement aimed at equipping its members with the insight to make a strong case for sustainable ...
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BASF has unveiled its annual automotive color trend report, which looks 2-3 years out, based on research efforts by its team of global color design experts. The theme of the forecast, "Making Headway" indicates a movement towards more color ...
The specialty chemicals group ALTANA has acquired the specialty coatings business of Henkel. The products are sold under the brand names MiraFoil and Miracure and are mainly supplied to the packaging industry in North America. The business ...
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The PPG Industries Foundation donated $5,000 to the [Women in Engineering (WiE) Program at The Ohio State University to support the WiE CHEER (CHEmical Engineering Rocks!) summer day camp for girls about to enter ninth grade. For a third ...
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On the heels of a two-day ribbon cutting event to inaugurate its newly expanded facility in Kalama, WA, Emerald Kalama Chemical - a business group of Emerald Performance Materials – announced further plans to increase capacity for its ...
Progress and purposefulness are characterizing the automotive world’s color mood. The colors in this year’s BASF trend collection entitled “Making Headway” are predicting this positive outlook ahead. “With new ...
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The Georgia Mining Association (GMA) recently awarded its Miner of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Awards to two employees of BASF ’s Middle Georgia Kaolin site. Jack Hodge, Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) Team Leader ...
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Dwayne Bryant said the crash sounded like someone was taking a bat to the glass front door of his Hyde Park home. But there was no intruder. A walk to his bathroom in the wee hours that July morning put Bryant in the company of others ...
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Only 15% of glass containers used in Kazakhstan, is produced domestically. This is today said the managing director of the National Agency for Export and Investment Kaznex Invest Gaziza Shakhanov speaking at a round table on the packaging ...
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Dubai has its famed Burj Khalifa, but the world’s tallest building is getting a lot of company these days with the business of building skyscrapers suddenly booming as the global economy recovers. The Shanghai Skyline (photo by ...
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