(Nanowerk Spotlight) Plastics permeate every facet of modern life ... "We prepared composite samples with varying concentrations of CNTs and tested their mechanical properties, focusing particularly ...

Figure 1. Comparison of tensile strength for unfilled plastic samples. Prone, upright (with Voxelfill) and upright (conventional). To determine this, the Voxelfill-based test series were set up with ...

Researchers at Osaka University have discovered a method to create durable, high-performance polymers—the primary building block of plastics—that can be precisely and easily broken down into their ...

In the context of plastics testing, this can range from something as simple as grips that close automatically to an advanced, fully automated robotic system. One of the biggest challenges when testing ...

While plastics are very useful on their own ... and carbon fiber (CF), these come with a range of issues, including their high abrasiveness when printing and potential carcinogenic properties ...

Despite copper’s high level of signal loss, its low cost continues to make it attractive for select, short-reach applications. However, plastic-based e-Tube cables come in at similar price points as ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

One of the biggest challenges when testing plastic is to ensure repeatable and reliable results while also testing at a high throughput ... the test frame for a tensile, compression, or flex ...

Materials such as glass, metal and paper are quite easy to recycle. Certain types of plastic can be recycled too. Objects that aren’t recycled are taken to landfill sites. These are places where ...

even though the high temperatures required for the reaction added a bit to the cost. In both plastics, exposure to sodium on alumina broke each polymer chain into shorter polymer chains and ...