Two of its principal subsidiaries will file for insolvency and apply for self-administration, follows failed loan efforts from German parliament’s Budget Committee, Bavarian government.

Aramid and polyimide fibers Polyimide fiber is spun from the polymer by wet or dry processing techniques. This is done using a polar organic solvent. Polyimide fabric is flame retardant and can be ...

carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen. For manufacturing, aramids are formed int oa polymer by the reaction between an amine group and a carboxylic acid halide group. These stiff polymer molecules have a ...

These fibers are then processed into light weight carbon fiber fabrics at a second joint venture site in Wackersdorf, Germany. The CFRP parts and components will then be made from these fabrics at ...

The Hackaday Tip Line has been ringing with submissions about the Mark Forg3D printer, purportedly the, “world’s first 3D printer that can print carbon fiber.” Right off the bat ...

Wool, wood, cotton, cocoons, coal, and petroleum are natural resources used to make fabrics. The reason each of these very different things can become fabric is that they all share a common chemistry.

Well, we watch-less ones have something to look forward to, because a group of graduate students at Rice University have created extremely strong conductive thread woven from carbon nanotubes ...

The carbon fiber hull of the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic had imperfections dating to the manufacturing process and behaved differently after a ...

Carbon dioxide sinks Since 1750, continuously increasing anthropogenic CO 2 emissions and land-use change have perturbed the natural carbon cycle. Of the 9.1 Pg C yr −1 (1 Pg C = 1 petagram or ...

As a health and fitness writer, avid long-distance runner, and 13 time marathoner, I've gotten to test out my fair share of running shoes, which is definitely a huge perk of this job. And while, yes, ...