High Tech Ceramics News articles from May 2001

High Tech Ceramics News archives from May 2001

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS: Combo Chem for Materials Analyzed.
May 1, 2001... Over the course of the twentieth century, more new materials were discovered and used in applications than the previous millennia. Consequently, the importance of chemistry and materials science increased dramatically as well, and most people...

PROCESSING AND TECHNOLOGIES Army Develops Transparent Armor.
May 1, 2001... Transparent armor is a material or system of materials designed to be optically transparent yet protect from fragmentation or ballistic impacts. This class of materials is used in such diverse applications as protective visors for non-combat...

Alumina Products Debut from Aremco.
May 1, 2001... Aremco Products has introduced Aremcolox 502-1400, a high density, full-fired, 96% pure alumina ceramic that provides excellent abrasion and corrosion resistance as well as high mechanical strength and electrical resistance. Specifications...

Controlling Resistivity In Ceramics.
May 1, 2001... Morgan Advanced Ceramics (MAC), a leading supplier of innovative ceramic solutions for the medical, telecommunications, semiconductor, and aerospace markets, offers its controlled resistivity ceramics for static charge dissipation. According to...

METROLOGY AND ANALYSIS: Microtester 'Stresses' Electronic Packaging.
May 1, 2001... Throughout its 100-year history, NIST has been known as a leader in testing large objects such as bridges, cars and sections of ship hulls for stress and strain effects. Now, NIST's Materials Reliability Division in Boulder, Colorado has added...

Beckman Offers Particle Analyzer.
May 1, 2001... Beckman has introduced a new diffraction particle analyzer. According to the company, the new analyzer, LS 13320 is the first of its kind to meet or exceed new ISO Standards for particle sizing, providing complete audit trails for each step....

COATINGS: Plasma CVD of Boron Carbide.
May 1, 2001... University of Minnesota researchers Joachim V.R. Heberlein and Oliver B. Postel have devised an improved method of plasma chemical-vapor deposition (CVD) of a thin film of boron carbide. The work was done for NASA's Glenn Research Center. ...

New Thermal Barrier Technique.
May 1, 2001... Penn State researchers have pioneered a new thermal barrier coating application technique that they say can extend by up to 12% the life and/or efficiency of coated components vital to the energy, vehicle, microelectronics, and aerospace...

Micro-Arc Anodizing Forms Coating.
May 1, 2001... The Microplasmic Corporation, a research and development company, developed a unique ceramic coating technology, called the Microplasmic Process, for which the company has just received an U.S. patent. The Microplasmic Process creates a thick...

FIBERS AND COMPOSITES: Loading Behavior of Oxide/Oxide CMCs.
May 1, 2001... Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base researcher S.G. Steel evaluated the monotonic and fatigue loading behavior of an oxide/oxide ceramic matrix composite, N720/A, for high temperature aerospace applications. The...

Paper Provides Thermal Insulation.
May 1, 2001... Unifrax Corp. has introduced Isofrax 1260C paper, the latest addition to the Isofrax family of thermal insulation products. Isofrax 1260C paper is manufactured by forming Isofrax 1260C fiber in a nonwoven matrix. The fibers are randomly...

STRUCTURAL CARBON: Enhanced Graphite Materials Introduced.
May 1, 2001... Graphite Die Mold, a division of Morgan Specialty Graphite and a leading supplier of high precision, ultra-pure graphite components to the electrical, telecommunications, and semiconductor markets, offers proprietary graphite enhancement...

CATALYSTS: Technology Reduces NOxious Emissions.
May 1, 2001... By combining an electrically charged gas with a specialized catalyst, researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have successfully reduced harmful oxides of nitrogen in a diesel engine by half....

ELECTRONIC CERAMICS: Ferroelectric Memory Making the Grade?
May 1, 2001... For decades, ferroelectrics such as PZT have offered one method of producing a nonvolatile memory, or a memory where information is retained even in the event of power loss or upon bootup of devices. Unfortunately, integration of this ceramic...

Niobate Ceramics for Frequency-Agile Devices.
May 1, 2001... Ferroelectric materials have, for some time, held promise as practical, non-linear dielectrics at microwave frequencies. Almost exclusively the materials have been the perovskite family Ba1- xSrxTiO3, but no serious applications have arisen...

Advanced Ink Jetting Initiative.
May 1, 2001... Superior MicroPowders, LLC (SMP), an advanced materials technologies company, and Impulse Jetting, a division of Trident- ITW (www.trident-itw.com), a manufacturer and marketer of piezoelectric impulse ink-jet printheads and consumables,...

MAC Offers QuickMetz Service.
May 1, 2001... Morgan Advanced Ceramics (MAC), a world-leading supplier of innovative ceramic solutions for the medical, telecommunications, semiconductor, and vacuum power tube markets, offers QuickMetz, a service for quick delivery of low volume metalized...

SUPERCONDUCTORS Third Navy Contract to AMSC.
May 1, 2001... American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) has announced that it has received a third contract valued at $3.1 million from the U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) to continue the design and development of high temperature superconducting...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Alcoa Relocates To Germany.
May 1, 2001... As part of the company's global restructuring initiatives, the headquarter activities of Alcoa World Chemicals has relocated from the U.S. to Frankfurt, Germany. Plans to more than double total revenue in the coming years by widening the...

MAC Acquires Performance Materials.
May 1, 2001... Morgan Advanced Ceramics (MAC) has acquired Performance Materials Inc. (PMI), a leading ceramics manufacturer located in Hudson, New Hampshire. The acquisition expands MAC's broad product offerings for the semiconductor industry with two new...

Asahi Sees Profits Rising.
May 1, 2001... Japan's Asahi Glass Co Ltd says recently that it expects group operating profit to rise to 120 billion yen ($966 million) in the year that started on April 1 from a record 110 billion yen estimated for 2000/01. Shinya Ishizu, president, says...

PQ Corp. Acquires Axzo-PQ Silica.
May 1, 2001... PQ Corp. and Akzo Nobel N.V. have announced that PQ has acquired 100% of Akzo-PQ Silica (APS), PQ's 50-50 joint venture with Akzo Nobel, which manufactures silicate and silica gel products in Europe. PQ also announced that the silicate and...

APC Buys Into Piezoceramics.
May 1, 2001... APC International Ltd. (APCI) has acquired Ferroperm Piezoceramics A/S, a manufacturer with over 45 years experience producing high quality advanced piezoelectric materials for many applications. In addition, the company has a series of new and...

Ceradyne Achieves Record Sales.
May 1, 2001... Ceradyne Inc. recently reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2001. Sales for the quarter reached a record $11.9 million, a 7% increase from $11.1 million in the first quarter of 2000. Net income was $1,189,000, or 14 cents per...

Ferro Logs Record First Quarter Sales.
May 1, 2001... Ferro Corp. has announced that sales from ongoing operations, for the quarter ended March 31, 2001 were a record $370.7 million, an increase of 5.0% compared with sales from ongoing operations in the first quarter of 2000. Net income was $14.0...

First Quarter Loss for CPS.
May 1, 2001... Ceramics Process Systems Corporation (CPS) has announced a net loss of $335 thousand, or $0.03 per basic and diluted common share, on revenue of $965 thousand for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2001. This compares with a net income of $109...

DOE Pushes Cost Shared R&D.
May 1, 2001... The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Idaho Operations Office (ID) is seeking applications for cost-shared research and development of materials or materials processing methods, in accordance with the Program Plan for the Industrial Materials...

MEETING REPORT: Ceramic Society Attracts 2,500.
May 1, 2001... The wireless communications industry is experiencing an explosion in consumer-driven sales through rapid development in the field. Though known mainly for its uses in traditional applications, ceramics are a major contributor to the continued...

CALENDAR.
May 1, 2001... July 21-26, 2001, Fourth International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors, Denver, CO. Contact: MRS; Tel: 724/779-3003, Fax: 724/779-8313; E-mail: info@mrs.org. November 4-8, 2001, International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and...