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LyondellBasell launches new PE resins for power cables

With increasing demand for power cables that reduce voltage loss and communication cables that improve data transfer, LyondellBasell is introducing several new ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
Highly efficient silver for medical devices

Hygentic additives provide antimicrobial effects. BASF uses them to formulate customised material solutions for medical devices. The company is exhibiting its ...

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Carbon nanotubes used to make kayaks faster and more stable

Some new kayak prototypes have now been coated with an epoxy gelcoat modified with Baytubes carbon nanotubes from Bayer MaterialScience that has been developed ...

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Whey protein-based oxygen barrier

The Wheylayer project, funded by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme under "Research for SME-Associations", has come to its halfway point. ...

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New heat curing silicone rubber

Bluestar Silicones recently announced the launch of its new elastomer product Rhodorsil MF 175 U SP.

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“Olympic” tunnel gaskets

Tunnel segment gaskets of the Swiss company Daetwyler Rubber from Schattdorf are currently being installed in three tunnels near Sochi, the Russian city on the ...

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One-part design for new cooling jacket of a plasma chamber made from PEEK

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) new accelerator-based Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) is a facility that provides the most intense pulsed neutron ...

Rubber Thermoplastic Elastomers
New ASTM standard for carbon black carbon content

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has set forth new regulations that mandate greenhouse gas reporting in the U.S. carbon black industry.

Rubber Thermoplastic Elastomers
First commercial applications for three new 'eco' fillers

Processors looking to lower the carbon footprint of their plastics found several intriguing new compounds made with sustainable/recycled fillers presented at ...