High Tech Ceramics News articles from January 2002

High Tech Ceramics News archives from January 2002

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS: Near Net Shape Market Grows.
January 1, 2002... Ceramic near net shape processing involves fabricating a ceramic material into a shape that requires minimal postsintering machining to achieve the desired dimensions. Such processing can significantly reduce the manufacturing costs of ceramic...

PROCESSING AND TECHNOLOGIES MAC Presents SiC Heaters.
January 1, 2002... Morgan Advanced Ceramics (MAC), has announced the introduction of the silicon carbide (SiC) heater. Ideal for semiconductor and electronics applications, the SiC heater is designed for use in process chambers where rapid heating to high...

Improved Porous Alumina Ceramics.
January 1, 2002... Researchers D.D. Jayaseelan, N. Kondo, T. Fukasawa, M.E. Brito, and T. Ohiji, at Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology, fabricated high-strength porous alumina ceramics with microstructure control using the...

Ceramic Armor to Protect U.S. Army.
January 1, 2002... Ceradyne, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRDN) has received a $5.3 million order for lightweight ceramic inserts for use in armor to protect U.S. Army forces. The order was issued by the United States Defense Logistics Agency. The agency awarded the $5.3...

POWDERS AND NANO CERAMICS Aqueous Route to Ceramic Powders.
January 1, 2002... The sol-gel method has been explored for synthesis of multicomponent ceramic powders by using different types of metal alkoxides. Indian researcher N.N. Ghosh has developed an efficient and cost-effective sol-gel route for synthesis of...

Chemical Processing of Porous Materials.
January 1, 2002... Recent years have seen a surge of interest in the synthesis and processing of porous nanostructured materials. Often these advanced materials are tailor made to suit specific applications, and the chemical processing routes play a crucial role...

COATINGS: BN Adhesive from Aremco.
January 1, 2002... Aremco Products, Inc. has introduced a new adhesive and coating system. Trade named Ceramabond 690, it is a single-part boron nitride-filled ceramic adhesive and coating system for use in oxidizing atmospheres to 1,560(F and reducing and vacuum...

FIBERS AND COMPOSITES ZIRCAR's Refractory Sheet Board.
January 1, 2002... ZIRCAR Refractory Composites has introduced Type ZIRCAL-18 refractory board. It is a high-temperature calcium silicate block insulation with excellent mechanical properties and stability up to 1,100C (2,000F). Its high thermal insulating value...

DIAMOND PRODUCTS: Thin Film DLC Dielectrics.
January 1, 2002... Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films possess the unique properties of high dielectric strength, high resistivity, low loss, high decomposition temperature, chemical inertness, radiation hardness, and good thermal conductivity. It has been...

AlN and LiNbO on Diamond.
January 1, 2002... The development of high-frequency devices has become technologically important because of the increasing volume of information and communication media, such as mobile telephone and satellite broadcasting. Many component devices such as bandpass...

FUEL CELLS: Stabilized Zirconia for SOFC Applications.
January 1, 2002... Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) are developed for stationary energy supply. Researchers P. Panjan, P. Poujan, M. Cekada (Jozef Stefan Institute), and Slovenia and B. Hobein, W.A. Meulenberg, F. Tietz, and D. Stover (Forschungszentrum Juelich...

Low-Cost Route to FC Materials.
January 1, 2002... NexTech Materials is developing low-cost methods for producing a range of ceramic materials for fuel cells, oxygen generation systems, membrane reactors, and catalysts. In projects targeting solid-oxide fuel cells, NexTech Materials researchers...

Powdered Parts May Cut Planar Costs.
January 1, 2002... In a 3-yr., $2.1 million dollar research effort, Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc. (580 Broadway, Albany, NY 12204; Contact: David A. Larsen; Tel: 518/436-1263, ext. 30; Email: dlarsen@blaschceramics.com) is developing a manufacturing technology...

ELECTRONIC CERAMICS Cree Achieves Record Power.
January 1, 2002... At the International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) recently held in Washington, DC, Cree, Inc. announced that it had demonstrated record setting radio frequency (RF) continuous wave (CW) power performance from a gallium nitride (GaN) High...

Piezoelectric Fans to Cool Electronics.
January 1, 2002... Research engineers at Purdue University are developing tiny, quiet fans that wiggle back and forth to help cool future laptop computers and other portable electronic gear. The devices remove heat by waving a small blade in alternate directions,...

Ramtron Intros 1T/1C Architecture.
January 1, 2002... Ramtron International Corp., a leader in nonvolatile ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) products and intellectual property, has introduced the FM24C256-SE, the world's first 1-transistor, 1- capacitor (1T/1C) FRAM memory product. The...

CTS Introduces PECL Oscillator.
January 1, 2002... CTS Corp., a global supplier of voltage controlled crystal oscillators (VCXOs), temperature compensated crystal oscillators (TCXOs), and reference clocks, has announced Model 650, a new 9- mm-by-14-mm PECL clock oscillator for fiber optic...

SUPERCONDUCTORS: AMSC, KISWIRE in Distribution Deal.
January 1, 2002... American Superconductor Corp, a leading global supplier of superconductor products and power electronic converters for the electric power industry, has announced the signing of an agreement with Korean-based KISWIRE, Ltd., naming them the...

Order for 1,000 SuperFilter Systems.
January 1, 2002... Superconductor Technologies, Inc., the global leader in high- temperature superconducting (HTS) products for wireless voice and data applications, today announced that it has received a follow- on purchase agreement for a minimum of 1,000 units...

BIOMATERIALS: Self-Assembly Exploited to Mimic Bone Structure.
January 1, 2002... Researchers at Northwestern University have exploited molecular self-assembly to form 3-D structures that mimic the key features of human bone at the nanoscale level, including collagen nanofibers that promote mineralization and hydroxyapatite...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Corning to Open New Facility.
January 1, 2002... Corning, Inc. (NYSE:GLW), a leading supplier of diesel substrates and particulate filters, announced today that its board of directors has approved the construction of a new diesel emission- control product manufacturing facility. The new...

Energy Award to AMSC.
January 1, 2002... American Superconductor Corp., a leading global supplier of superconductor products and power electric converters for the electric power industry, has received the 2001 Financial Times Global Energy Award for its industry-leading...

CALENDAR.
January 1, 2002... April 28-May 1, 2002. 104th Annual Meeting and Exposition, St. Louis, MO. Contact: American Ceramic Society, P.O. Box 6136, Westerville, OH 43086-6136; Tel: 614/890-4700, Fax: 614/899-6109; Email: customersrvc@acers.org July 10-12, 2002....