Materials

The very nature of composite materials — multiple layers with significantly different physical or chemical qualities — makes them attractive for manufacturing because they are lightweight and high in strength. However, they also pose unique modeling challenges because of their different constituent materials and orientations. The good news is that you can ...
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LED Lighting technology has potential to lower energy consumption and reduce maintenance costs on outdoor installations such as area lighting and parking lights, street lights and other “difficult to reach” outdoor locations. When operating in controlled temperatures and weather-proof environments, solid state LED lights are designed to operate for 5 to10 ...
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Olin Brass manufactures pure copper (C110) and high-strength copper alloy foils for a broad range of applications, including current collectors in batteries. Adhesion enhancement coatings can be applied to one or both foil surfaces. The higher strength, softening resistance, and enhanced adhesion are essential for next-generation high capacity batteries.
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Olin Brass has developed Advanced Tin™ diffusion barriers for Sn coated Cu ribbon wires in solar PV module applications. The Cu-Sn intermetallic compound growth rate was reduced by a factor of 2, giving similar/better solderability and solder joint adhesion (Pb-free solder) than much thicker Sn-3.5Ag or Sn-40Pb coatings ...
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