Restless atoms cause materials to age, properties to decline

"Atoms have the habit of jumping through solids - a practice that physicists have recently been able to follow for the first time using a brand new method. This scientific advance was made possible thanks to the utilisation of cutting-edge X-ray sources, known as electron synchrotrons. The detailed findings of the project, backed by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, were recently published in the prestigious journal NATURE MATERIALS. The work unlocks new potential for the study of material ageing processes at the atomic level." is the openner to a short article on ageing in materials tat figures amoungst an impressive American Society for Materials (AMS) Newswire repertoire.

I will certainly bookmark this resource to add to my own Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining resources.



Source
ASM Newswire 23Sept.2009

Conversations-on-Innovations: Twitter presence and Create your own twitter logo.

Conversations-on-Innovations: Twitter presence and Create your own twitter logo.

Conversations-on-Innovations: List of Embodied Energy and CO2 equivalents for a wide range of materials. Short introduction and illustrative graphs.

LINK: Conversations-on-Innovations: List of Embodied Energy and CO2 equivalents for a wide range of materials. Short introduction and illustrative graphs.

The Big Picture - Introductory Astronomy, Cosmology, Physics

A recent visitor brought my attention to this website.

I believe this work deserves more visibility, hence this post.

At a rapid glance these two academic sites appear to be a very clear, easy to understand, introduction to the many difficult to grasp concepts used in Astronomy, Cosmology and Physics. I am sure our Materials Science and Engineering community will find them most helpful in our basic understanding of our every day concerns and of great cultural interest.


Introductory Astronomy, Cosmology, Physics 1

Introductory Astronomy, Cosmology, Physics 2

Innocentive Challenges in the field of Corrosion

A couple of rewarded innovation challenges for materials scientists and materials chemists:

Mitigating Zinc Corrosion
Challenge Reward: $20,000 USD Challenge Type: Theoretical-IP Transfer INNOCENTIVE 8482641
The Seeker is looking for novel methods to mitigate zinc corrosion/gassing in alkaline media. This Challenge requires only a written description of the solution. Read More
DEADLINE: Aug 23, 2009 120 Project Rooms Challenge Posted: Jun 23, 2009

Corrosion Inhibitor


Challenge Reward: $10,000 USD Challenge Type: Theoretical-licensing INNOCENTIVE 8466285
The Seeker is looking for inhibitors of corrosion. This Challenge requires only a written description of the solution. Read More
DEADLINE: Aug 19, 2009 166 Project Rooms Challenge Posted: Jun 19, 2009

Source:

Physical Sciences_Corrosion

Chemistry_Corrosion

A New Video on Materials Science Definitions added to my Video Wall _Places of Useful Learning

Places of Useful Learning

Materials and physical-chemistry processes are all around us. Society appreciates their uses.

Materials Science studies the structure (physics) and chemistry of materials. It is based on the fundamental principles of physics and chemistry. It applies these principle to materials and their uses. I share these views and motivation voiced by Penn State Uni's staff.

Indeed it is the reason I became a scientist, a metallurgist a materials and process scientist at a place who's motto is: "A Place of Useful Learning".

Source: YouTube.

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