Apr
14
Flash Sintering Proposed For Making Solid State Batteries
April 14, 2021 | Leave a Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… University of Warwick researchers propose densifying ceramics using flash sintering reducing energy use and may be used to improve the viability of manufacturing complex ceramic structures such as those required for solid state batteries by lowering the temperatures and shortening the duration of the heat treatment. Flash sintering is a ceramic processing technique […]
Feb
11
Better Recycling With New Extraction of Rare Metal Waste
February 11, 2021 | Leave a Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… Kanazawa University researchers have developed a protocol to efficiently purify palladium and silver ions from industrial waste. The protocol also converts the ions into pure metallic elements. This will help increase global stocks of valuable elements that are widely needed yet in scarce supply. Many rare metals are in scarce supply, yet demand for […]
Dec
10
A New State of Matter For High Temperature Superconductors
December 10, 2020 | Leave a Comment
University of Hamburg scientists have pointed out how to create a time crystal in an intriguing class of materials, the high-temperature superconductors. They propose to drive these superconducting materials into a time crystalline state by inducing Higgs excitations via light. When you cool down liquid water, it crystallizes into ice. Consider a bucket filled with […]
Mar
29
Material Found to Save Energy In Petrochemical Production
March 29, 2018 | Leave a Comment
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) chemical engineers have developed a new method used to considerably improve energy-expensive petrochemical processes. The technology can make metal-organic framework membranes reduce energy use in processes such as propylene-propane separation, which accounts for 40% of energy used in the global petrochemical industry. Its a case of same amount of […]
Dec
3
Making Carbon Harder Than Diamonds at Room Temperature
December 3, 2015 | Leave a Comment
North Carolina State University scientists have discovered a new phase of solid carbon, called Q-carbon, which is distinct from the known phases of graphite and the hardest substance of all, diamond. Phases are distinct forms of the same material. For example graphite is one of the solid phases of carbon and diamond is another. They […]
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