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Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Los Alamos National Laboratory postdoctoral researcher Nina Lanza announced at the 44th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas that Curiosity's ChemCam laser could be offering some detailed inside information about the Red Planet's surface. NASA's Curiosity rover has a laser-shooting instrument onboard known as the ChemCam, which is used to vaporize a pinpoint of rock surface. The instrument is able to...
Defoamers, Surfactants and Dispersants all Featured LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products (NYSE: APD) will highlight a number of specialty additives at next week's European Coatings Show (ECS) in Nuremberg, Germany, including surfactants, dispersants and a new line of defoamers. At ECS, Air Products will feature its recently introduced Airase(TM) Structured Siloxane Defoamer Line (SSDL(TM) Defoamers) comprising seven siloxane defoamers specifically...
OUDENAARDE, Belgium, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Addition to the "Nanofics 120" coatings widely used to make consumer electronics, technical textiles and filtration materials water and oil repellent. The "Nanofics 110" coatings are highly water repellent (water contact angle of 110 degrees according to ASTM D5964) and highly oil repellent (oil repellence level 6 according to ISO 14419) fluoropolymer type of nanocoatings deposited by low pressure plasma...
UV LED technology for wood coatings emerges. Hillsboro, Oregon (PRWEB) March 06, 2013 Phoseon Technology will present a paper at the European Decorative Surface Conference taking place March 12-13 at the Radisson BLU Hotel in Berlin, Germany. The conference will cover all discussions about the décor industry for decorative laminates and other surface products used in furniture, cabinets, flooring and more. Phoseon’s UV LED curing solutions are being utilized in the wood coating...
ESPOO, Finland, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Picosun Oy, leading Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) equipment manufacturer, and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland report notable progress in continuous ALD technology. The water vapour and oxygen transmission rates measured from polymer films coated with thin ALD Al2O3 layer in Picosun's new roll-to-roll ALD deposition chamber were on a par with the values obtained with similar coating in a batch ALD process, thus proving...
BTD Wood Powder Coating specializes in powder coated MDF and is constantly seeking ways to further improve the quality of its wood finishing. Over the past year new hires, research and development, and plant upgrades have all played a part in enhancing their MDF finishes; this month, BTD announced successful completion of upgrades to the powder coating line. Brainerd, MN (PRWEB) February 28, 2013 Powder coated MDF is a wood finishing process that involves sophisticated machinery at...
New Product: Topper Double Bar Van Rack Sturtevant, WI (PRWEB) February 24, 2013 Topper Manufacturing has introduced its new double bar van racks. This new van rack mounts to the gutter utilizing Topper’s patented mounting system, and is manufactured from the same high-strength steel you come to expect from a Topper rack. Like all of Topper’s racks, their double bar rack is hot dip galvanized after fabrication for a rust-free, abrasive-resistant finish that is unmatched in the...
Scientists are reporting development of what they describe as the first self-healing protective coating for cracks in concrete, the world's most widely used building material. Their study on the material — which is inexpensive and environmentally friendly — appears in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Chan-Moon Chung and colleagues explain that protecting concrete roads, bridges and other structures from developing tiny cracks has been a major technological challenge....
North Carolina State University Researchers from North Carolina State University have for the first time successfully coated polymer implants with a bioactive film. The discovery should improve the success rate of such implants – which are often used in spinal surgeries. The polymer used in these implants, called PEEK, does not bond well with bone or other tissues in the body. This can result in the implant rubbing against surrounding tissues, which can lead to medical complications...
Mallard Creek Polymers, Inc. continues to develop an extensive product line of Acrylic Polymer Emulsions to meet market demands. Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) January 18, 2013 Mallard Creek Polymers, Inc. (MCP) continues to develop an extensive product line of Acrylic Polymer Emulsions to meet market demands. Printing and Packaging companies continue to seek water-based barrier products that can be applied via flexography and gravure to paper, board, and films. Mallard Creek Polymers has...
