Fine grain: nanophase materials move out of the labs

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Materials engineers Larry E. McCandlish and Bernard H. Kear discovered a process to make nanophase particles of cobalt tungsten carbide, which can be used in the manufacture of cutting tools and other devices. These tools and devices wear half as quickly as those composed of conventional materials.

Kear, Bernard H., McCandlish, Larry E.

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Creating nanophase materials

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Nanophase materials, which are different from ordinary materials because their grain sizes are in the nanometer range, have great commercial potential. They allow the customization of a product's strength, color or plasticity through the variation of the size of its grains.

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Silicon Glen's semi-success

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Seven out of 10 of the largest computer firms in the world are located in Silicon Glen, near Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland. Scotland's computer industry is growing, but the share of value added in the gross output of electronics fell from 39% in 1983 to 24% in 1989.

Electronic computers, Computer industry, Economic aspects, Scotland

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