The most common method of shaping any metal or steel is flame cutting cuts the steel or other metals with a highly concentrated source heat with oxygen. The oxygen should be at a maximum purity point of 99.5 as the heat will melts the metal ...
A revamped "Chemicals in our life" web section explains how chemicals can be used safely in our daily life both at home and at work. It also gives tips on how consumers can find out more about the chemicals that they use. As defined in ...
MEI Wet Processing Systems and Services (a subsidiary of MEI LLC) of Albany, OR, USA has launched the FluidJet batch wet processing system for metal lift-off in MEMS (micro-electromechanical system) and compound semiconductor manufacturing, ...
Tags: metal lift-off system, semiconductor, metal
Finnish thin film coating specialist Picodeon Ltd Oy has developed its ultra-short pulsed laser deposition (USPLD) surface coating technology to be able to create either porous or dense aluminium oxide (Al2O3) coatings on heat-sensitive ...
IGM Resins recently commissioned a new development lab at its North American regional center in Charlotte, NC, USA. Adjacent to the pilot plant, the new lab enhances the integrated development capability at IGM's acrylate manufacturing ...
Tags: Coatings, Inks, IGM Resins
The global market for biocides is expected to reach $10,745.7 million by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Growing population coupled with growing concerns for industrial waste water treatment is expected to drive ...
Tags: Biocides Market, Halogen compounds, Water treatment applications
The technical textiles sector in Brazil will benefit from Portuguese technology as associations from both the countries have signed a major partnership agreement for the transfer of technical textile technology from Portugal to Brazil, with ...
Tags: Technical Textiles, clothing sector, Portuguese Technology
Not content with selling gas domestically, some of China's private gas distribution companies are becoming increasingly ambitious and are planning to enter the LNG import business, competing directly with state-owned LNG buyers such as ...
Tags: Gas, LNG Imports, Natural Gas
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is asking companies or institutions to nominate their innovative technologies for the 2014 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards. EPA is looking for nominations from companies and ...
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US March propylene contract prices were fully settled 1.5 cents/lb ($33/mt) lower from February, market sources said Friday. The decrease is the second consecutive decline in contract pricing this year, and puts chemical-grade propylene ...
The spread between the spot prices for acetic acid and vinyl acetate monomer in Europe surged to an all-time high of Eur1,040/mt ($1,444/mt) Thursday, as VAM prices soared and feedstock AA prices remained stable. In December last year, the ...
South Korea's spot supply of solvent-grade mixed xylenes for April loading will fall by up to half of its typical volume because of lower yields from naphtha-fed steam crackers' use of butane in its feedstock mix, a market source said ...
Tags: solvent-grade mixed xylenes, butane, LPG
Honey, that delectable condiment for breads and fruits, could be one sweet solution to the serious, ever-growing problem of bacterial resistance to antibiotics, researchers said here today. Medical professionals sometimes use honey ...
Tags: bacterial resistance, Health, Medicine, Honey
Imagine powering your cell phone by simply walking around your office or rubbing it with the palm of your hand. Rather than plugging it into the wall, you become the power source. Researchers at the 247th National Meeting & Exposition of ...
A sweetener created from the plant used to make tequila could lower blood glucose levels for the 26 million Americans and others worldwide who have type 2 diabetes and help them and the obese lose weight, researchers said here today. The ...
Tags: lower blood glucose, Health, Medicine, tequila