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SABIC and Charge Amps to Manufacture EV Chargers with Renewable PC Housing
SABIC is enabling Charge Amps to manufacture electric vehicle (EV) chargers with a housing made from certified renewable polycarbonate (PC), a first for the industry. SABIC is supplying Charge Amps with its certified renewable grade LEXAN™ PC, supporting the EV charger provider’s commitment to develop the circular bioeconomy and help mitigate climate change issues. Using Bio-feedstock that…
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Borouge Partners with APPL to Develop Polymers that Incorporate Recycled Content
Borouge Plc, a petrochemical company that provides innovative and differentiated polyolefin solutions, announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with India’s APPL Industries Limited (APPL), to develop polymer compounds that will incorporate recycled content. APPL is one of India’s largest polymer compounds manufacturers, serving various industries globally including automotive original equipment manufacturers…
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EPA Announces Nearly $4 Mn to the City of New Orleans to Improve Recycling Programs
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $3,982,000 in funding to the City of New Orleans to improve material management and to improve existing recycling programs in the city. This announcement comes from president Biden’s Investing in America agenda to expand recycling infrastructure and waste management systems across the nation. Milestone in Journey Towards an…
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New Catalytic Recycling Process to Deconstruct Mixed Plastics into its Monomers
Conventional recycling of mixed plastics has previously meant manually or mechanically separating the plastics according to their constituent polymers. Addressing the issue, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used carefully planned chemical design, neutron scattering and high-performance computing to help develop a new catalytic recycling process. The catalyst selectively and sequentially…
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Evonik Introduces Three Block Copolymers for Parenteral Drug Delivery Applications
Evonik is strengthening its platform of parenteral drug delivery solutions with three new standard PLA-PEG di-block copolymers and a new nanoparticle formulation service using sonication technology. Nanosonication to Produce of Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery The copolymers (RESOMER® RP d) are especially suited to nanoparticle formation and can be used in a wide range of parenteral drug delivery…
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Hardness Rockwell M
What is Rockwell M hardness of plastics? Rockwell hardness test is one possible method to measure the hardness of plastics. This test method is named after Stanley P. Rockwell, who invented it in 1914. It is generally used for hard materials, like: polyamide (PA), polycarbonate (PC), polystyrene (PS), or polyoxyethylene (POM). Here, the resilience or…
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Strength at Yield (Tensile)
Mechanical Properties of Plastics What is tensile strength? Tensile strength is an ability of plastic material to withstand maximum amount of tensile stress while being pulled or stretched without failure. It is the point when a material goes from elastic to plastic deformation. Elastic deformation – When the stress is removed, the material returns to the dimension…
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Solvay Partners with iCOMAT to Revolutionize Manufacturing of Composite Parts
Solvay is partnering with Bristol, UK based start-up iCOMAT who has developed Rapid Tape Shearing (RTS), a truly disruptive material deposition technology that will revolutionize the design and manufacture of composite parts, answering the industry’s need for lighter and more cost efficient composite structures. Reduces Forming-induced Defects and Improves Performance RTS is the world’s first industrial…
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Arkema Receives ICIS Best Product Innovation Award for Fully Recyclable Shoe
The ICIS award recognizes Arkema and its partner ON for the development of the high performance Cloudneo running shoe that is designed to be fully recycled. This success has been made possible by many years of technological development of a set of performance materials able to match the requirements for the various parts of the shoe. Made…
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Solvay Launches New Family of Long Glass Fiber PPAs for Battery Applications
Solvay introduces Xencor™ XTreme, a new family of long glass fiber PPA solutions for battery applications requiring resistance to thermal runaway and propagation. Best-in-Class Mechanical Properties Xencor™ XTreme PPA LGF grades are designed to offer superior resistance to direct flame exposure at 1000℃ for over 10 minutes, providing sufficient time for passengers to exit the vehicle in…
