With the advent of nano-scale ceramic powders, related powder materials have also begun to be widely used as reinforcing phases of coatings. The use of nano-scale ceramic powder materials or carbon nanotubes helps to improve the mechanical properties of the coating, which has the effects of friction reduction and toughening have significant effects.

Almonty Industries Inc. is pleased to announce that the ore sorting equipment has arrived at its Panasqueira mine in Portugal. The equipment was released by customs last week and during the 23rd and 24th of July 2018, the entire installation arrived at the mine.

Tungsten materials are considered to be plasma facing components (PFC) for the preparation of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) due to its high melting point, high sputtering threshold, high thermal conductivity, low vapor pressure, and low hydrogen isotope retention.

Is there an alternative to nanostructuring electrode materials to speed up ionic diffusion in lithium-ion batteries and so increase their maximum power output and charging rates? Yes, according researchers at the University of Cambridge in the UK, who have shown that two complex niobium tungsten oxides can intercalate large amounts of lithium even when the oxides are microns in size.