How SCHOTT developers are producing ever stronger, yet thinner glasses -- The industry is demanding ever thinner, yet sturdy, transparent materials. Applied Research at SCHOTT is therefore pursuing a clear objective: to develop glass that ...
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Saharan Blend's increased role as a blending crude for the slew of sourgrades headed to Europe has helped the naphtha-rich grade shrug offchronically low naphtha cracks, market sources said Friday. In turn, the Algerian crude has halted ...
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China credit crunch fears sent the stockmarket tumbling almost 1.5 per cent lower, with investors fleeing materials as China called on its banks to control credit expansion risks and declared liquidity in its financial system was at "a ...
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Cork flooring is a natural and very eco-friendly flooring option in the interior setting. It is derived from the cork oak bark, and is compressed to make a wonderful type of flooring. Because of its natural quality, beauty, and warmth, it ...
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Production of light, sweet crudes from unconventional oil fields in the US is ramping up so fast that at some point it will outpace the country's refining capacity and -- at least for the Gulf Coast -- this could occur within two years, a ...
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Inside the growing trend of artistic, alternative memorials When it comes to death, no two cultures mourn the same way—Egyptian pharaohs were ceremoniously mummified, Vikings would set warrior boats on fire, Buddhist monks let ...
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BehrPro, the Professional Products and Services Group of Behr Process Corporation, introduced the new Behr Premium Deckover exterior coating that revives old weathered wood and concrete surfaces. Featuring 100 percent acrylic resin fused ...
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Pipe internal defects of the weld penetration is not the workpiece and the weld seam between layers of metal or a partial lack of fusion defects. Incomplete penetration welds weakened section of the work, resulting in severe stress ...
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Road construction is a serious business as roads are important links connecting towns and cities. An improperly designed and built road is a recipe for disaster as it develops premature cracks and breaks and causes fatal accidents. ...
The tight housing market has sparked the return of bidding wars and desperate buyers in certain cities and towns. While you may need to act fast to land your dream home, haste will make waste if you end up with a money pit. With that, here ...
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Northwestern University's Center for Quantum Devices has developed a suface-plasmon (SP) enhancement technique for ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) produced on silicon substrates [Chu-Young Cho et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol102, ...
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The company behind brands such as Estrella Damm, McEwan’s and Bombardier was on the lookout for new coding kit and opted for equipment from Domino. Tony Corbin discovers how Wells & Young’s saved costs Who Wells & ...
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Europe's refiners are likely to raise production in July because gains in product premiums have recently outpaced crude prices, traders said Thursday. This could mark the end of a period of limited production in Europe that has lasted ...
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A BMW or Porsche might be your prized possession, but they are no good if you do not have the place to keep it. Or even if you have one, you don't feel like parking your snazzy car in there as it seems too old and run down. Is that the ...
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Surging tablet sales and the muted response to Windows 8 have opened the door for Android at this year's Computex and exposed deeper cracks in the Wintel powerhouse of Windows software and Intel chips. Microsoft and Intel have dominated ...
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