Conductivity

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Conductivity: - A measure of the ability of a solution to carry an electrical current.
[Environmental Protection Agency]

News archive for Conductivity::

Toward more efficient fuel cells?  -  04 Aug 2008
ZDNetThis new super-lattice material ‘improves ionic conductivity near room temperature by a factor of almost 100 million.’ Wow! As said one Oak Ridge National

Thermoelectrics and refrigerators  -  04 Aug 2008
Next Big Future,Although the low effective mass of silicon increases electrical conductivity, it also contributes to a high thermal conductivity. Thermal conductivity must

A Cool Fuel Cell  -  04 Aug 2008
MIT Technology Review,Santamaria, drawing on earlier work by other researchers, found that the ionic conductivity at low temperatures could be greatly improved by combining

Graphene enhanced plastics  -  04 Aug 2008
Next Big Future,...xGnPâ„¢ can be used to significantly lower costs by replacing carbon nanotubes in many composite applications where electrical conductivity or stiffness are

Energy Efficient Power Supplies for Electroanalytical Equipment  -  04 Aug 2008
Printed Circuit Design & Fab,According to the company they saving energy and money for end-users of the pH, conductivity and ion meters produced by METTLER TOLEDO.

Composite Technology Announces New ACCC Conductor Distribution ...  -  04 Aug 2008
CNNMoney.comIt is with pleasure that Lamifil will now add ACCC conductors to its range of high conductivity and high temperature conductors.

HAVE they found poo on the Red Planet?  -  04 Aug 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,The magazine reports that the discovery was made by a Phoenix experiment package called the Microscopy, Electrochemistry and Conductivity Analyser, or MECA,

StockProfiler.US: Todays Stock Watch: CPTC & ACTI  -  04 Aug 2008
Trading Markets (press release),It is with pleasure that Lamifil will now add ACCC conductors to its range of high conductivity and high temperature conductors.

DARPA Awards Northrop Grumman Contract to Investigate Ways to ...  -  04 Aug 2008
MarketWatchOur technical approach will produce a flexible thermal ground plane with significantly improved thermal conductivity and cooling compared to conventional

Penn Scientists Carve Functional Nanoribbons Using Super-Heated,  -  04 Aug 2008
Photonics Online (press release),Even atomic-scale flaws would derail electrical conductivity of any graphene transistors. Johnson's technique, employing hot iron nanoparticles to carve out

Power MOSFETs come in isolated 6-pack power module.  -  04 Aug 2008
ThomasNet Industrial News Room,...technology creates a reliable module with an extreme high power density with excellent isolation, thermal conductivity and no thermal fatigue.

Test Socket Industry Faces Issues Scaling Below 0.4 mm Pitch  -  04 Aug 2008
Semiconductor InternationalOne solution that’s gaining ground is the use of elastomers, which have Z-axis conductivity. Some are not pitch-specific and there is no pre-load,

Workshop on diffuse scattering and structure simulation, Erlangen ...  -  04 Aug 2008
Cordis News,Defects are quite common in crystals and are responsible for a number of properties like ionic conductivity, electronic properties of indirect

GIGABYTE Launches EP43-DS3L Motherboard  -  04 Aug 2008
EFYTimes (press release),GIGABYTE adopts Conductive Polymer Aluminum Solid Capacitors and Ferrite Core Choke for CPU VRM featuring better electronic conductivity, heat resistance

Pure water production for use in boiler  -  04 Aug 2008
Processing Talk,...this purity level, which they did by developing make-up water and condensate treatment plant capable of achieving conductivity less than 0.1uS/cm.

GF Piping Systems Introduces Next Generation DryLoc pH And ORP  -  04 Aug 2008
Chemical Online.com (press release),The LC version can be used for low conductivity fluids (not less than 20 µS/cm). To complete the offering, powder form buffer solutions are available in

Arctic ice continues to thin alarmingly  -  04 Aug 2008
Thaindian.com,While there, they used helicopter-borne instruments to determine the thickness of large swathes of ice by measuring its conductivity.

Invisible streetlights and other lovely designs we could live with  -  04 Aug 2008
Providence Journal,Besides adding flexibility, this material combination provides high thermal conductivity as well as waterproof capability. " More details there.

Fingerprint identification with Blackfin  -  04 Aug 2008
Embedded.com,Because a finger's outermost dry, dead skin cells have low electrical conductivity, an RF sensor acquires fingerprint data from the skin's moist and

We all started out as diamonds in the rough, German scientists say  -  04 Aug 2008
Earthtimes (press release),..."In our study the conductivity on natural diamond was better by a factor of 10 than that on synthetic diamond," they wrote. "We conclude that current ideas

Fuel Cell Efficiency May Be Improved With Material With 'Colossal ...  -  Jul 31, 2008
Science Daily (press release)The material, a super-lattice developed by researchers in Spain, improves ionic conductivity near room temperature by a factor of almost 100 million,

Fuel Cells and Ionic Conductivity  -  Aug 2, 2008
Technocrat.net,This new material opens the pathways up, improving ionic conductivity, this movement of oxygen ions through the electrolyte, by a huge factor,

Application of Nansulate Translucent PT Thermal Insulation and ...  -  Aug 3, 2008
Azom.comIt occurs in three ways; solid conductivity, gaseous conductivity, and radiative (infrared) transmission. The total of these is the thermal conductivity of

Phoenix Mars Lander Sticks Fork in Martian Dirt  -  Jul 11, 2008
FOXNewsThe prongs of the instrument, called a thermal and electrical conductivity probe, are about half an inch long. Scientists can use the instrument to assess

Production of Thermal Insulation Composites Containing Bamboo Charcoal  -  Aug 1, 2008
RedOrbit,The mechanical properties, thermal conductivity, and air permeability of the composites were evaluated. When the ratio of the low melting point fibers was

Fanno Creek water quality mystery tied back to water feature in Tigard  -  Jul 31, 2008
TheTimes,While in itself conductivity as a measure of dissolved ions in the water is not a pollutant, dramatic highs and lows in conductivity could indicate the

Cooler fuel cells  -  Jul 31, 2008
Chemistry World,...'With our new material, the oxygen ionic conductivity is enhanced up to one hundred million times', Santamaría says. The researchers grew a 1-nanometre

The science of energy healing  -  Aug 2, 2008
Malaysia Star,Tests have shown that during qigong practice and treatment, the electrical conductivity of acupuncture points changes dramatically.

Mars Phoenix Lander Pulls All-Nighter  -  Jul 22, 2008
FOXNewsPhoenix is using its weather station (which measures temperature, wind speed and wind direction), stereo camera and fork-like thermal and conductivity probe

Phoenix Conductivity Probe  -  Jul 15, 2008
NASA,This image taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on Sol 49, or the 49th Martian day of the mission (July 14, 2008), shows thermal and electrical conductivity

Stephen Diegelmann. Graduate student in the Nanobio Igert program ...  -  Jul 31, 2008
Institute for NanoBioTechnology,...but organic materials that exhibit semi-conductivity are not as efficient nor do they have the transport capabilities that metals do.

Thermal gap filler is a soft touch  -  Jul 30, 2008
Electronics Talk (press release),This softness, combined with high thermal conductivity, offers the lowest thermal resistance on gap fillers in the marketplace.

Diamonds May Have Jump-Started Life on Earth  -  Jul 28, 2008
FOXNewsAlso, the tests found electrical conductivity that could have been key to forcing chemical reactions needed to generate the first birth.

New Material May Help Autos Turn Heat Into Electricity  -  Jul 24, 2008
Science Daily (press release)So the typical strategy for making a good thermoelectric material is to lower its thermal conductivity. In Heremans' lab, he used to work to lower the

Full Text  -  Jul 31, 2008
Science Magazine (subscription)However, success was limited by low conductivity and efficiency, and the instability of the ICP in the environment required for the catalysis (16–18).

Scaling the Kondo lattice  -  Jul 31, 2008
Nature.com (subscription),The determination of T* from these effects, including changes in the optical conductivity, the magnetic entropy, the magnetic resistivity, and point-contact

Thermaltake V1 CPU Cooler brings style to the inside of your PC  -  Jul 31, 2008
SlashGear,The all-copper design of the heatsink is said to provide some of the most efficient heat conductivity and dissipation. It varies from most coolers in that

Double detection is elementary  -  Jul 21, 2008
separationsNOW.com (subscription),For a start, they have combined the electrochemical technique known as conductivity detection, which measures the changes in conductivity caused by passing

Introduction of New GasCheck G Leak Detector System  -  Jul 29, 2008
Environmental Data Interactive,The new GasCheck G represents the latest in gas detection technology - and utilizes an advanced system of micro thermal conductivity that enables improved

Conductive, Electrically Isolating Epoxy Resists High  -  Jul 28, 2008
Adhesives and Sealants (press release),Supreme 11AOHT has a thermal conductivity of 10 BTU/in/ft²/hr/°F. It has a dielectric strength of >400 volts/mil. It also exhibits a T-peel aluminum to

Startup Proposes Wi-Fi For Personal Area Networks  -  Jul 15, 2008
Microwaves & RF,One approach that brings effective heat dissipation without increasing the cost involves increasing the thermal conductivity of the PCB laminate material,

Production of Copper Bonding Wires to be Increased Substantially ...  -  Jul 15, 2008
�富財經,...will substantially expand the production of copper bonding wires with excellent electrical conductivity and mechanical properties at bonding,

Turning waste heat into electricity—twice as efficiently  -  Jul 24, 2008
Ars Technica,...zT depends on the thermal and electrical conductivity of a material, the temperature of operation, and the Seebeck constant of the material,

Faster determination of NMP in cefepime  -  Jul 24, 2008
Laboratory Talk,The low pH of nitric acid can increase cefepime degradation, and nonsuppressed conductivity detection has very high detection limits.

Phoenix Mars Lander Works Through the Night  -  Jul 22, 2008
PhysOrg.com,Phoenix is using its weather station, stereo camera and conductivity probe to monitor changes in the lower atmosphere and ground surface at the same time

Gap Filler Line  -  Jul 29, 2008
Photonics.com,The next generation thermal pad increases the thermal conductivity of the line to 5.0 W/mK. The material is highly compliant and allows for thinner

Fuel cell improvements raise hopes for clean, cheap energy  -  Jul 31, 2008
Ars Technica,To further enhance conductivity, a 40nm gold coating was added. The PEDOT electrode is homogeneous, eliminating catalyst agglomerations that plagued the

KENSA ENGINEERING LAUNCH THERMAL RESPONSE TESTING RIG SERVICE TO ...  -  Jul 23, 2008
Whats New In Building,Kensa’s TRT rig has been designed to measure thermal conductivity through the entire length of a borehole, since thermal performance can significantly vary

Phoenix Soil Sample Tantalizing  -  Jul 28, 2008
Aviation Week,The first experiment with the Microscopy, Electrochemistry and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA) found that the soil could sustain life under the proper

Anter Increase Their Range of Thermal Testing Services with Five ...  -  Jul 18, 2008
Azom.comAnter slug calorimeter for testing thermal conductivity of fire resistant materials. Thermal resistance of thermal interface materials from ambient to 150°C




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