Weekly Web Articles

RSS

If you’re into what’s “in” when it comes to interior paint colors, just look outside in 2013. The greens and blues that characterize the world outdoors are the same hues that will be popular when beautifying our living spaces this year.

A research team at the University of Nevada, Reno, has developed a new environmentally friendly coating for aluminum to replace the carcinogenic chromate coatings used in aerospace applications.

In the last year alone, the United Soybean Board (USB) partnered with manufacturers to commercialize 45 new soy-based products.

AkzoNobel has introduced stickerfix™, the industry’s first pre-coated adhesive film DIY paint solution.

Sherwin-Williams has introduced a new corrosion under insulation (CUI) coating to the oil and gas industry.

An automated segmented flow analyzer, the AA3 from SEAL Analytical, is being used at BASF’s manufacturing facility at Ludwigshafen, Germany, to protect manufacturing equipment from corrosion or chemical attack from potential impurities in demineralized water, boiler feed water and steam condensate.

Photovoltaic cell efficiency may soon get a big boost, thanks to next-generation antireflection coatings crafted from nanomaterials capable of cutting down on the amount of light reflected away from a cell's surface.

Although silicone-modified polyester (SMP) and super-polyester coatings are well-suited for specific applications, they cannot provide the same proven long-term performance as 70% polyvinylidene (PVDF) coatings due to the latter’s superior chemistry.

When it comes to coatings, the most popular color these days is most decidedly green: green for money, as in a product’s cost effectiveness and profitability; green for environmentalism, as in sustainable, healthy products; and green for “go”, in terms of meeting ever-more stringent standards and improved performance goals.

Pharmaceutical tablets are covered by various coatings for many reasons, such as helping the tablet dissolve once ingested.