GLOBAL SUICIDE RATE

 SUICIDE RATE:

More than 700 000 people die due to suicide every year.

For every suicide, there are many more people who attempt suicide. A prior suicide attempt is the single most important risk factor for suicide in the general population.
Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among 15-19 year-olds.
77% of global suicides occur in low- and middle-income countries.

Ingestion of pesticides, hanging, and firearms are among the most common methods of suicide globally.

Prevention:
limit access to the means of suicide (e.g. pesticides, firearms, certain medications);
interact with the media for responsible reporting of suicide;
foster socio-emotional life skills in adolescents;
early identify, assess, manage and follow up with anyone who is affected by suicidal behaviors

Post pandemic period has played a vital role in the increasing number of suicide. This generation leads to comfort life, learning and believing the news comes from social media only. Not finding time to go out to meet the people and stand in the sun and burn for a while.

The sad part is the numbers are increasing in recent years a lot as the younger generation is not being able to handle the situation in the proper way. Need counseling for those who are weak mentally.
Let us spread positive vibes to others as much as we can to lead a healthy lifestyle in the world.

Source: WHO

Hydrogen Type 4 Cylinder 700 bar 51L

 Hydrogen Type 4 Cylinder 700 bar 51L

Hyundai NEXO tank supplier – more than 60,000 tanks have been sold as of Q2 2021.

First Mover – ILJIN provided the world’s first hydrogen type 4 cylinders

Global No.1 – mass production of hydrogen fuel tanks with stellar sales

Tope-rate safety performance – about ten times more durable than regulation

Type4 cylinders for high pressure (700bar) hydrogen storage with 2.1kg capacity

Source:ILJIN HYSOLUS

classic recreations

 Composites Showcase!

"Classic Recreations, a builder of high-performance custom vehicles, including Shelby GT500CR continuation cars, has announced its latest innovation — an authentic, officially licensed 1965 carbon fiber bodied CSX Shelby Cobra race car. As the most recent achievement to emerge from Classic Recreations, the full carbon fiber body follows the company’s 1967 carbon fiber bodied GT500CR Mustang which was released in early 2021. Only 10 of the new Shelby Cobra race cars, dubbed the “Diamond Edition” in honor of Shelby American’s 60th anniversary, will be produced. Granted CSX serial numbering, CSX4521 through CSX4530, by Shelby Licensing, each will feature a specially designed custom diamond-encrusted badge, featuring Carroll Shelby’s commemorative signature on the dashboard, and be sold as a completed race car."

“What Classic Recreations has achieved with their carbon fiber program is the continuation of a dream Carroll Shelby himself envisioned for the future,” Shelby American president Gary Patterson says.

Similar sentiments were expressed by co-CEO of Carroll Shelby International and CEO of Carroll Shelby Licensing Inc., Neil Cummings. “Classic Recreation has been a licensee of Carroll Shelby Licensing for over 15 years and each year they continue to innovate and push the envelope just like Carroll did himself,” Cummings says.

"According to Classic Creations, the Cobra body has been completely engineered in autoclave-cured carbon fiber including the floor and doors, achieving a mere 88 pounds of body weight. A custom-designed, geometrically correct chassis and suspension were designed by Jason Engel, founder and vice president of design and engineering of Classic Recreations. Updated technology and more comfort also feature that was added to the vehicle."

Source:#thenativelab 

Europe's sources of uranium supply:

 Europe's sources of uranium supply:

uranium demand increases by approximately 27% over the next 10 years.

Still, nuclear capacities are being expanded in many countries.

Do we still depend on uranium for nuclear reactors or be more focused on sustainability?

Toyoda Gosei Develops CNF-reinforced plastic for automotive parts

 Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. has developed* a cellulose nanofiber (CNF)-reinforced plastic with the aim of reducing CO2 over the lifecycle of automotive components, from raw material procurement and production to recycling and disposal.

In moving toward decarbonization and a circular economy, Toyoda Gosei is developing materials that raise the environmental performance of its products by leveraging the following features of CNF. First, CNF has one-fifth the weight and five times the strength of steel. When used as a reinforcing material in plastic or rubber, the product can be made thinner and foam molding becomes easier. This reduces weight and contributes to lower CO2 emissions during vehicle driving. Second, when the material is reused after vehicles are scrapped, little strength is lost from heating and melting, making recycling automotive components possible. Third, it is a material that does not increase the total amount of CO2. Even when CNF is incinerated, the only CO2 emitted is that which was absorbed by the plant during its growth.

The newly developed CNF-reinforced plastic combines 20% CNF in a general-purpose plastic (polypropylene) used in automobile interior and exterior components. For practical application, reduced impact resistance from the inclusion of CNF was initially an issue. Toyoda Gosei overcame this with its material mix design and kneading expertise to raise impact resistance to a level suitable for automotive components. The company will continue to lower costs in cooperation with CNF material manufacturers.

Part of the Ministry of the Environment Nano Cellulose Promotion project, which promotes efforts for the early social implementation of CNF-reinforced plastics that are the basis of various products, with the aim of reducing CO2.

Source: Toyoda Gosei

Kevlar broken samples from dynamic stabbing zoomed in

 Microscopic Mondays!

Kevlar broken samples from dynamic stabbing zoomed in!

Research project "Dynamic/quasi-static stab-resistance and mechanical properties of soft body armor composites constructed from Kevlar fabrics and shear thickening fluids" published by Jianbin Qin, Guangcheng Zhang, Lisheng Zhou, Jiantong Li, and Xuetao Shi, investigated how different quantities of shear thickening fluid (STF) affect the knife-stabbing resistance and the quasi-static mechanical properties of kevlar composite samples.

This collage shows photographs and SEM images of broken samples from the dynamic stabbing tests. (a), (d), (g) and (j) are the neat Kevlar fabric; (b), (e), (h) and (k) are the composite with 36.23 wt% STF; (c), (f), (i) and (l) are the composite with 103.79 wt% STF.

The results show that the shear thickening fluid positively influenced the properties of the samples!

Source:#managingcomposites

LITHIUM ION BATTERY

 Do we need to depend on Lithium-ion batteries for Electric vehicles for a decade or more?

Climate changes have happened rapidly throughout many regions in the recent decade. On one side the deforestation takes place steadily in many regions and the natural resources are draining out a lot. Each country is losing its share of forest land every year drastically.

On the other side, the sudden interest among Electric vehicle manufacturers made the world depend on lithium-ion batteries more than expected a decade ago.

Some EV manufacturers are holding licenses for such minerals in the US for the lithium extraction for the Lithium Iron Phosphate battery cells. The world needs many materials for the production of an EV battery. Mining and deforestation happen at the same time everywhere that is not safe for the environment that we humans aim to create for future generations.

Mining at depth will make the earth weakening as well as the water gets toxic too. Toxic rain will be the result.

Don't we have any other alternative?

Magnesium-based and sodium ion-based batteries the EV manufacturers can aim for the progress in that line.

Mining project numbers are increasing and the largest corporations aiming to mint the money in the name of an alternate vehicle market. There is a strict and combined regulation the Energy associations must create as early as possible to avoid the blame game of each technology.

The more we destroy our soil and trees, the more we get unhealthy in the coming days, which is not a good sign for a healthy environment. We should not switch all of a sudden on one technology that seems to create more pain for humans in the days to come. China is supplying most of the minerals to the EV battery manufacturers today and the country is losing its beauty so we shouldn't forget it.

Despite depending on Electric vehicles, it is time to invest in more sustainable projects such as Green Hydrogen/Solid Hydrogen/Green Ammonia/LNG/Methanol, etc for a better alternate fuel market.

It is time to think about our future than the present comfortable life.

Let's hear the workable road map on this topic. Share your comments if possible so that we can make a better world for sure.

Muthuramalingam Krishnan