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Materials World is specifically devoted to the engineering materials cycle, from mining and extraction, through processing and application, to recycling and recovery. Editorially, it embraces the whole spectrum of materials and minerals – metals, plastics, polymers, rubber, composites, ceramics and glasses – with particular emphasis on advanced technologies, latest developments and new applications, giving prominence to the topics that are of fundamental importance to those in industry.

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Materials World

Welcome to Materials World, the member magazine of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.

News

Superspreading revealed

A UK consortium is modelling how trisiloxane surfactants ‘superspread’ across hydrophobic surfaces at the nanoscale. The aim is to develop guidelines for synthesising safer surfactants and provide advice on how to control the stages of spreading to suit a particular application

Materials World Magazine, 01 Feb 2010

Plastics monitoring falls inline

Real-time monitoring of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) production is now possible, claim researchers in Germany. Their technique uses a combination of laser reflectance measurements and video monitoring to follow ethylene polymerisation in stirred slurries under different conditions.

Materials World Magazine, 01 Feb 2010

Concrete fills up on fibre

A novel bi-component fibre using two different polymers may pave the way for a concrete that has the required impact resistance and flexural strength but without the need for steel fibre reinforcement. The technology is said to overcome the previous challenges of producing high performance concrete using polymeric fibres.

Materials World Magazine, 01 Feb 2010

Features

The hole truth? - Computer modelling for mining

The StereoCore PhotoLog system from Ground Modelling Technologies in Johannesburg, South Africa, is finding applications in large mine projects, this article describes it.

Materials World Magazine, 01 Feb 2010

Tanzanian travails

Tanzania has great potential as a developing mining nation. Michael Forrest reports on a UK All-Party Parliamentary Group meeting that discussed the country.

Materials World Magazine, 01 Feb 2010

Etching forward - new etching process

Discussing the processes involved in chemically machining difficult-to-etch metals and alloys using direct current, pulse and pulse-reverse electrolytic etching.

Materials World Magazine, 01 Feb 2010

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Materials World is published by IOM Communications Ltd for the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. IOM Communications Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining

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February 2010

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The lifeblood of many countries is their manufacturing industry. A special section incorporates articles on sparking ideas in UK-based production, design-led innovation, lean manufacture and the impact of the new EU Machinery Directive and corporate manslaughter act.

Sister publications

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