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Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Like a fine wine or aged cheese, ultrastable glass takes a long time to make, needs special conditions and is considered quite valuable. Unfortunately, manufacturers who want to take advantage of the strengths of ultrastable glass don’t have the luxury of waiting hundreds of years for it to develop. While exploring ways to create this valuable material on a shorter timetable, researchers from the University of Wisconson-Madison have...
Electronic Auto Tint Glass (EAT Glass) has today announced innovative new technology capable of providing remote-controlled tinting capabilities for any luxury vehicle. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 04, 2013 Electronic Auto Tint Glass (EAT Glass) has today announced the availability of breakthrough technology that enables drivers to control the amount of tint on their vehicle’s windows with the simple touch of a button. This revolutionary technology can be applied to any make and...
BEIJING, Dec. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: FFHL)("Fuwei Films" or the "Company"), a manufacturer and distributor of high-quality BOPET films in China, today announced that its subsidiary - Fuwei Films (Shandong) Co., Ltd ("Shandong Fuwei") was recently awarded Reliable Enterprise and Best Employer of Weifang, Shandong, China. Mr. Xiaoan He, Chairman and CEO of Fuwei Films, said, "These awards are in recognition of our reliability. We...
LONDON, December 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- It has been announced that the Architects' Forum 2013 will be devoting an entire day to glass and glazing specifically targeting the role of the material in modern architecture. The team at MDM Glass [http://www.mdmglass.co.uk ] are excited about the prospect of what next year's forum proposes to share about the future of glass in domestic and commercial spaces. Glass has become one of the most prominent features of modern...
Lucintel Report Outlines Rising Demand in End-user Market to Drive Polypropylene Industry Globally Irving, Texas (PRWEB) December 19, 2012 The global polypropylene industry experienced growth over the last five years and is expected to continue its growth momentum reaching approximately US $92 billion in 2017 with a CAGR of 3.7% over the next five years. Rising demand in end-user markets such as packaging, automotive, and construction are expected to drive the industry. Lucintel, a...
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LA's BEST, the American Chemistry Council, Senator Ricardo Lara and Assemblymember Mike Gatto joined forces this week with students, faculty and volunteers to install school gardens at Los Feliz Elementary and Hooper Avenue Elementary. The gardens are designed to teach the importance of healthy eating and recycling. The Hooper Elementary garden was installed on December 13 and the Los Feliz garden, December 14. Students in kindergarten...
FARMINGTON, Conn., Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- A shortage of sapphire material between 2010 and 2011 created a window of opportunity for new entrants. In just the last two years, more than 80 companies announced their intention to enter the industry. This trend coupled with slow demand from LED makers in 2012, has manifested a challenging environment with cores and wafers often selling at prices at or below manufacturing cost. These difficult market conditions will trigger an...
DAYTON, Ohio, Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CTC Plastics announces two new products that are changing the industry: pallets and resin compounds. These two new CTC Plastics plastic products now contain Lehigh Technologies' Micronized Rubber Powder (MRP) made from end-of-life tire material. Both products are made from 100% recycled materials that perform the same as virgin material, but cost less, passing the savings on to customers. "CTC Plastics' innovative use of our micronized...
MONROE, Ohio, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Deceuninck North America, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-quality systems for windows, doors, and outdoor living, was recently chosen to receive a 2012 Green Award from Door & Window Manufacturer/Shelter Magazine. The company was one of four winners selected by the magazine's editors based on the company's commitment to green products and principles. Deceuninck's INNERGY Rigid Thermal Reinforcements and its recycling...
LIVONIA, Mich., Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ford Motor Co. and Asahi Kasei Plastics North America, Inc. shared the stage at the 42(nd) Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE(®)) Automotive Innovation Awards Gala, winning the "Most Innovative Use of Plastics" title in the Materials category for the LINCOLN(®) MKZ(®), FORD(®) FUSION(®) and FORD ESCAPE(®) air register vanes. Asahi Kasei Plastics developed Leona(TM) resin, an advanced, partially aromatic polyamide (PA 66/6i) with 60...
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The term plasticulture is in reference to the practice of utilizing plastic materials in agricultural applications. The plastic materials themselves are frequently and broadly referred to as “ag plastics.” Plasticulture ag plastics can include soil fumigation film, nursery pots and silage bags, irrigation drip tape or tubing, but the term is most frequently used to describe all kinds of plastic plant and soil coverings. Such coverings range from plastic mulch film, high and low...
Nylon, a synthetic polymer, was first produced by Wallace Carothers in 1935. It is one of the most commonly used polymers. The thermoplastic, silky material was first used in a nylon-bristled toothbrush, then women's stockings. Nylon was made of repeating units linked by amide bonds and is frequently referred to as ppolyamide (PA). There are two common methods of making nylon for fiber applications. It was the first commercially successful synthetic polymer. It was originally intended...
Kaolinite is a mineral with the chemical composition Al2Si2O5(OH)4. It is a layered silicate mineral, with one tetrahedral sheet linked through oxygen molecules to one octahedral sheet of alumina octahedra. It is also known as china clay and kaolin (高嶺土 in pinyin: gao1 ling3 tu3), named after Gaoling ("High Hill"), Jingde Town, Jiangxi, China. It is a soft, earthy, usually white mineral (dioctahedral phyllosilicate clay), produced by the chemical weathering of feldspar. In...
Quartz is the second most abundant mineral in the Earth's crust. It has a hexagonal crystal structure made of trigonal crystallized silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2), with a hardness of 7 on the Mohs scale. Density is 2.6 g/cm³. The typical shape is a six-sided prism that ends in six-sided pyramids, although these are often distorted, or so massive that only part of the shape is apparent from a mined specimen. Additionally a bed is a common form, particularly for varieties such as amethyst,...
Slate is a fine-grained, homogeneous, sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed (foliated) in layers (bedded deposits). Slate can be made into roofing shingles ('roofing slates' in the United Kingdom), because it has two lines of breakability: cleavage and grain. This makes it possible to split slate into thin sheets. Slate is mainly composed of quartz and muscovite (a mica), often along with biotite, chlorite, and hematite, or, less frequently,...
