Materials and Chemicals

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  • Study: Oil in the ocean photooxidizes in just hours to days

    Photooxidized oil is known to reduce the effectiveness of aerial dispersants.

  • Team turns human waste into airplane fuel

    Human waste could eventually fuel planes.

  • Video: Refrigerant information app from the UN

    The information and identification tool covers ozone depleting substances and other refrigerant gases.

  • Study: Half a million people in US live near natural gas flares

    An estimated 535,000 people live within three miles of natural gas flares.

  • New ultra-low temperature solder paste capable of soldering heat-sensitive components

    The solder chemistry enables peak reflow temperatures below 150° C, making it ideal for soldering heat sensitive components and sub-assemblies.

  • Polymer solar cells: A flexible and efficient photovoltaic technology

    These cells offer lower manufacturing costs and greater flexibility than their silicon-based counterparts.

  • New mask features anti-viral barrier

    The masks can protect against COVID-19 for seven hours at a time.

  • Advanced machinery lubricant handles high load and extreme pressure

    The biodegradable lubricant extends equipment life by significantly reducing wear at high loads.

  • Video: New sodium-ion conductor stabilizes battery performance

    The conductor offers scope for enhancing the stability of solid-state sodium-ion batteries.

  • Study: Ship coating major source of ocean microplastic pollution

    Protective ship coatings may be responsible for some of the ocean's microplastic pollution issues.

  • Edible, plant-based coating developed for fruit packaging

    Coating keeps produce fresh for longer.

  • Snakeskin-like film to prevent machine friction

    Synthetic skin inspired by snake scales designed to prevent friction.

  • Membrane designed for oil spill remediation

    Polymer scientists have developed a polymer membrane from biobased malic acid.

  • Bacterial biofilm can separate oil from water

    Oil could not penetrate biofilm membrane in the lab.

  • New coating for paper products will decompose in bodies of water

    Coating will decompose in water.

  • The Able Electropolishing advantage

    Learn why engineers in industries with no room for error, like aerospace, medical device and food manufacturing, specify electropolishing for finishing their critical metal parts.

  • How to dissipate noise with fabricated adhesive materials

    When it comes to noise associated with product designs, the primary sources are airborne noise and structural noise.

  • Building materials strengthened with sewage sludge

    The addition of wastewater treatment plant sludge to clay yields a durable ceramic as a potential construction material.

  • Study: Nanofluids boost heat exchanger efficiency

    The thermal performance of nanofluids developed to improve industrial heat exchanger operation was analyzed.

  • Ionic liquid delivers cost-efficient desalination

    A new ionic liquid is 10 times more efficient than other solvents used for directional solvent extraction-based desalination.

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