Archive for the ‘Metal News’ Category
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Nickel in elemental form or alloyed with other metals and materials has made significant contributions to our present-day society and promises to continue to supply materials for an even more demanding future.
Nickel is a versatile element and will alloy with most metals. Complete solid solubility exists between nickel and copper. ...
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Friday, December 28th, 2007
Tool steels are groups into six types: high speed, hot work, cold work, shock resisting, special purpose and water hardening. High-speed steels are very efficient with heavy cuts and high speeds they are incapable, at slow speeds and lighter cuts, of holding the keen edge necessary for obtaining a very ...
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
While you might already have plenty of ideas for your steel building construction plan, if you’re new to the steel building idea, you might be at a loss for how it might be able to help you. The truth is that steel buildings are cost-effective, durable, and practical ways to ...
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Saturday, December 8th, 2007
Before you start on any steel building project you need to investigate all of the opportunities and options available to you. There are a number of considerations during this process. This article can help you in preparation for your project before you start.
The first step in the process is to ...
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
ZENA SAYS: THERE'S an easy remedy that doesn't involve elbow grease or polishes. Just dissolve two cups of soda crystals in a washing-up bowl lined with foil. Submerge the silverware and soak it for five to 15 minutes. The reaction between the crystals and foil generates hydrogen to remove the ...
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Thursday, October 11th, 2007
Production and maintenance workers at Atlas Stainless Steels, Tracy, Quebec, have ratified a new five-year collective bargaining agreement, it was announced Wednesday by Slater Steel Inc., parent company of Slater Stainless Corp. and its Atlas Stainless division.
About 360 members of the Syndicat des Employes des Aciers Atlas had been working ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
Zirconium oxide films were prepared by the pyrosol process using zirconium acetylacetonate as source material onto clear fused quartz and (100) silicon at substrate temperatures ranging from 300°C to 575°C. X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements show that samples prepared at substrate temperatures lower than 425°C are amorphous. Films deposited at higher ...
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
Here is one of our occasional reports from the world of art, which, as regular readers will know, has come a long way from the casting of bronze horses and the painting of still lifes. Recall that the death of the great Red Sox hitter Ted Williams, back in July ...
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Thursday, June 7th, 2007
BASF has signed an exclusive cooperation agreement with the British-Canadian company Intelligent Engineering Ltd. (IE) for further development of the innovative Sandwich Plate System™ (SPS). The SPS technology, jointly developed by BASF Group company Elastogran and IE, is rapidly becoming established in the shipbuilding industry for the repair and construction ...
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Thursday, June 7th, 2007
Advances in engineering rely on the development of new materials. The materials must have improved properties, capable of being tailored to a specific application need, to fulfil the requirements of designers of the future. Ceramic fibres are playing a major part in enabling the development of new composite materials capable ...
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