On June 24, 2023, according to MIT Technology Review, Sublime Systems, a company co-founded by a professor of materials science at MIT and a Canadian chemist, developed a new method of manufacturing cement using an electrochemical process. The team u…
What is MAX phase materials? MAX phase materials are novel layered carbon-nitride inorganic non-metallic materials with the electrical and thermal conductive qualities of metals, consisting of three elements with the molecular formula Mn+1AXn (n=…
Boron carbide is also known as black Diamond. It has the molecular form B4C. The powder is typically grayish. It is one the three hardest materials known (the other two being diamond and cubic boronnitride) and used in many industrial applications, i…
The powder boron is available in four variants. These are hexagonal boron, rhombohedral and cubic boron. The most common boron nitride produced is white graphite, which has a structure similar to graphite. The need to increase battery capacity, impro…
What is Aluminum Silicon Carbide?Metal matrix composite AlSiC (AlSiC), a material used for special electronic components packaging, is made of aluminum and silicon carbide. This is the combination of high volume silicon carbide and aluminum to produc…
What is Aerogel Powder?Aerogel, also known as a wet gel or hydrogel, is a porous material that can be made by replacing the liquid within the gel with air. Aerogel KNFW silica is a material that has low density, low thermal conduction, high specific…
What is Aluminum Silicon Carbide?Aluminum silicon carbide is one type of electronic packaging materials that are used for electronic components. It refers primarily to the combination between aluminum and silicon carbide with high volume into low den…
What is Aerogel Powder?Aerogel, also known as wet gel or hydrogel, is a porous material that can be made by replacing the liquid within the gel with air. KNFW silica Aerogel Powder is a low density aerogel with low thermal conductivity and high speci…
What is sodium silicate? There are two types sodium silicates: Chemical formula Na2SiO3, Molecular formula 122.00. This is sodium metasilicate. The sodium orthosilicate is chemical formula Na4SiO4, with molecular formula 184.04. Sodium silicate (or s…
What does high-purity graphite look like? This high-purity powder is also made with high-purity powdered graphite after being crushed, filtered and sorted. High-purity graphite is 99.9% in carbon. These characteristics make high-purity Graphite Powde…
The decision by major producers to maintain production cuts has had an impact on silica sand for metal casting price…
The decision by major producers to maintain production cuts has had an impact on aluminium investment casting price…
Nanotechnology refers to the science and technology that create single-atom and single-molecule substances. It studies the properties, and uses of materials with a structure size ranging between 1 and 100 nanometers. The process of studying the compo…
The closure of airspace during the Conflict between Russia and Ukraine has had a serious impact on the aviation industry, according to an analysis by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) released on Tuesday. Flights had to be diverted o…
Mono (2,propylHeptyl), ether, is a surfactant non-ionic with dynamic surface properties, including wettability, foaming and degreasing. What is mono(2-propylheptyl-ether)? Mono (2,propylHeptyl), ethe has a non-ionic surface tension with defoaming,…