Evaluating the Flow Behavior of Molten Chocolate
What makes molten chocolate flow out of a lava cake? Discover how expert chocolatiers use rheology tests to create the perfect treat.
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Sustainable Clinker and Cement Production by Using Alternative Fuels and Raw Materials
According to the International Energy Agency, the high-temperature process used in the manufacturing of cement accounts for around eight percent of the world’s anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions. The process also consumes up to three percent of the global energy supply.
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DKSH Helps Deliver Better Water Services in the Philippines
Product quality and compliance are essential to today’s modern water treatment facility. Many water treatment facilities are trying to leverage new technologies to respond quickly and efficiently to maintain stable water quality while reducing water treatment costs.
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Keeping Track of the Latest Innovations in EV Lithium-Ion Battery Manufacturing
Despite its impressive growth in recent years, the EV lithium-ion battery (LIB) industry still has some catching up to do to reach the levels of maturity of consumer battery manufacturing and the mainstream automotive industry.
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Characterization of Microplastics using Morphologically-Directed Raman Spectroscopy
Microplastics are a global environmental and potential health issue. They can be released directly from the production or use of consumer products or the fragmentation of larger plastic objects. Geographically microplastics are present everywhere on Earth and have pervaded our food chains and our drinking water.
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Pharmaceutical Trends: Water Activity Measurement under USP 922
Water activity is a powerful and often essential quality parameter for pharmaceutical products. Benefits of this method are higher quality production output, greater consumer satisfaction and confidence, less product waste and recalls and, consequently, greater profits for the manufacturer.
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How Contact Angle Measurement Can Help to Quantify Outdoor Weathering Effects on Wood Paints
Wood is still one of the most important materials in our life due to its abundance and favorable material properties. However, unprotected wood easily undergoes shrinkage or swelling and even biological or chemical degradation during outdoor utilization. A huge variety of paint formulations have been developed to protect wood surfaces by improving hydrophobicity and dimensional stability.
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Pulmonary Drug Delivery: Understanding How the Surface Chemistry of Particle Bound Drugs Can Influence Their Uptake
Compared to drug administration through swallowing, delivery via the lung is much more effective due to the lung’s large surface area, thin membrane, and outstanding blood supply that guarantee fast drug absorption. Contact angle measurements can help develop pulmonary NSAID delivery systems.
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How Surface Tension Measurements Can Help to Find New Cosmetic Foaming Agents
Foams are a widely used shape in which cosmetics and pharmaceuticals are applied due to their good spreading ability and their lack of stickiness. Nowadays, cosmetic manufacturers are eager to provide their products in foam form, because consumers consider foamlike cleaning products are of higher quality with better usability.
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Two Key Gallium Nitride Developments Lighting Up the LED Market
The global gallium nitride (GaN) device market has grown substantially in recent years. Spurred on by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic where people are investing more in home computers, laptops, smartphones, IoT-based devices and chargers, Fortune Business Insights projected that the GaN device market size is set to exceed USD 28 billion by 2027.
