Aluminium is an incredibly popular and versatile modern metal. From the roll of foil that every kitchen can't live without to the super-modern components of fighter jets and sports cars; aluminium is widely used around the globe. ...
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What are Refractories? To put it simply, refractory is any material that has the ability to withstand the action of abrasive or corrosive solids, liquids or gases at high temperatures. Depending upon the application areas and operating ...
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Refractory bricks are unique types of bricks and they have the capacity to tolerate high temperatures. These are mainly used to line the brick ovens, fireplaces and pits. These bricks are applied to keep the interior layer of the ovens hot ...
U.S. 8,197,654 B2 PPG Industries has been awarded a patent for a method for preparing an electrodepositable coating comprised of mixing a flatting agent with an electrodepositable resin; combining the mixture with a pigment paste to form ...
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U.S. 8,216,687 B2 United Technologies Corporation has been granted a patent for an article comprised of a metallic substrate; a coating system atop the substrate and comprised of an alumina-chromia layer having a thickness at least 50% of ...
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Corrosion Resistance. The most important characteristic of any glass melt furnace is that the lining be able to withstand the highly corrosive fumes frequently generated by glass chemistry at high temperatures. High alumina ceramic for ...
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Market sentiment was aided by news that China's Citic Resources was taking a big stake in Alumina. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 0.7 per cent at 5036.9. This year it is up 8.3 per cent after rising 15 per cent in 2012. Trading value ...
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The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 33.2 points, or 0.66 per cent, to 5,036.9 points, and the broader All Ordinaries index was up 32.7 points, or 0.65 per cent, at 5,057.2 points. On the ASX 24, the March share price index futures ...
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The sharemarket jumped to a 21-month high as stronger than expected trade data for China boosted confidence in Australia's biggest trading partner, and as the Reserve Bank said it had scope for further interest rate cuts. Shares were also ...
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During the last 50 years, the cement industry has been relying on XRF analysis for the quantification of the elemental composition of cement industry-related materials. Sample preparation by pressed powders was commonly used during the ...
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China Nonferrous Metal Industry's Foreign Engineering & Construction Co., a subsidiary of Chinese state-owned metals company China Nonferrous Metal Mining (Group) Co., has announced that on January 13 it signed a $712 million dollar ...
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LED light bulbs are increasingly being used by people all over the world as they are an energy-efficient way of illuminating the home. However, a company in Cambridge claims to have found a new way of cutting heat even further in LED ...
Cambridge Nanotherm has launched a new design of metal-backed PCB made from a ceramic dielectric which is claimed to significantly reduce LED die temperatures, in luminaire designs. The dielectric thermal conductivity of the material ...
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Australian shares rose slightly yesterday as global equity markets remained supported by tentative signs of improvement in China's economy. Fund managers tipped continued yield-based demand for Australian equities in particular, although ...
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The Australian sharemarket closed higher to end a three day run of losses and defy market falls in the US and Europe. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 17.9 points, or 0.38 per cent, higher at 4708.1, while the ...
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