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  • Vanadium - Properties and Applications of Vanadium
    Article - 1 Oct 2002
    Vanadium is a bright white, soft, ductile metal. It most commonly used in steels such as rust resistant, spring and high speed tool steels. Its occurrence, production, toxicity, properties and other...
  • Gas Cylinders - Development of Pan-European Standards
    Article - 9 Aug 2002
    The issues involved with the establishment of a pan-European set of standards covering gas cylinders is explored. Such things are materials, design, testing and inspection are all covered.
  • An Overview of Gallium
    Article - 18 Dec 2001
    Gallium is present as a trace element in germanite, sphalerite, diaspore, coal, and bauxite. Although this metal occurs naturally in approximately the same amount as lead, it is extensively dissipated...
  • An Introduction to Erbium
    Article - 18 Dec 2001
    Part of the lanthanide series, erbium (Er) is a rare-earth element found in a wide range of minerals like blomstrandine, polycrase, fergusonite, euxenite, xenotime, and gadolinite.
  • Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) Systems
    Article - 17 Dec 2001
    Superconducting Magnetic Storage Energy Systems store energy within a magnet and release it within a fraction of a cycle in the event of a loss of line power. How they work, how fast they recharge,...
  • Stainless Steel - Grade 302HQ (UNS S30430)
    Article - 19 Oct 2001
    302HQ is a specialised wire grade finding very wide usage for manufacture of stainless steel fasteners. 3% copper in the composition reduces the cold work hardening rate compared to Grade 304.
  • Zinc and its Uses
    Article - 28 Aug 2001
    Zinc has many uses, many of which revolve around protective coatings for steel deposited by hot dip galvanising. These materials are ised in the automotive and construction industries. While the...
  • Uranium
    Article - 23 Jul 2001
    Uranium is a heavy, silver-white metal resembling nickel. It is malleable, ductile, slightly paramagnetic and pyrophoric when finely divided. Its main uses are as a nuclear fuel, radioactive isotope...
  • Polyamide 6/6 - Nylon 6/6 - PA 6/6 60% Glass Fibre Reinforced
    Article - 18 May 2001
    Improved mechanical and serviceable properties compared with unmodified polyamide 6/6 plastics. Relative advantages, disadvantages and applications are listed together with a table of typical...
  • Titanium Diboride (TiB2) - Properties and Applications
    Article - 18 May 2001
    TiB2 is an extremely hard material with an extremely high melting point. These properties lend it to uses as ballistic armour, cathodes in Hall-Heroult cells for aluminium smelting as well as seals...

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