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The Alfred Wegener Institute’s new eco-friendly research vessel Uthörn has been christened at Fassmer shipyard in Berne.  As informed, the vessel, measuring 35 meters in length, will be the first seagoing German ship powered by environmentally friendly, low-emission methanol. In addition to a large working deck with dry and wet laboratories, Uthörn features two derrick booms for trawling nets and water samplers, a multi-frequency echosounder for detecting and identifying schools of fish, and an anti-roll tank, which can stabilise the ship on choppy seas.  The new vessel will operate in the North Sea, focusing on the area around the Alfred Wegener Institute’s island station in Helgoland. “The new Uthörn sets standards as the first German seagoing vessel with methanol propulsion. The Alfred Wegener Institute and the Fassmer company have succeeded in building a sustainable, low-emission and innovative research vessel on which we can only congratulate them,”...

  GLOBAL SILICONE MARKET: I have completed an assignment on the GLOBAL SILICONE market for a well-reputed market research company and shared my insights on silicone usage in various applications in APAC and European Union regions.Also shared my insights on the demand,plant set up ,existing trends and comparison over other competitiors in the global market. I have covered an overview of the landscape of the market, key players of the silicone in the Asia Pacific market and their market share in the various geographical regions.

The Hyundai Group has announced a massive investment in hydrogen, committing $6.7 billion towards “the fuel of the future.” Scott Phillips, Chief Investment Officer at Motley Fool told Oliver Peterson on Perth Live that hydrogen should be in the mix for our automotive future. “When you block off potential ideas, when you simply say we think the race has been won and done…I think that’s a mistake,” he told Oly. “I just think this is a smart idea, if you think about what hydrogen offers, a six kilo hydrogen tank can take you about as far as a standard full tank of petrol or diesel.” Source:hydrogen-central #hyundai #hydrogen #compositematerials #alternativeenergy #future #automotive #carbonneutral #investment

  HEMP 1. One hectare of cannabis releases as much oxygen as 25 hectares of forest. Cannabis grows in 4 months and trees grow in 20-50 years. 2. From one hectare of cannabis, you get the same amount of paper as 4 hectares of forest. 3. Trees make recyclable paper 3 times while hemp makes recyclable paper 8 times. Hemp paper is the best and most durable. 5. Hemp plants are a radiation trap. Cannabis plantations purify the air. 6. Hemp can be grown anywhere in the world, it needs very little water. Furthermore, because it can defend itself against parasites, it doesn't need pesticides. 7. Hemp textiles outperform even linen products in their properties. 8. Hemp is an ideal plant for the production of edges, ropes, bags, shoes, hats... 9. Cannabis is banned in Bulgaria. But technical cannabis does not contain a drug and can be grown freely. 10. The protein value of cannabis seeds is very high and two fatty acids contained in it cannot be found anywhere else in nature. 11. Growing cann...

Indian energy transition platform, Jakson Green, has revealed plans to establish a $2.8bn green hydrogen and green ammonia project in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Under a signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Rajasthan, Jakson Green intends to establish a green hydrogen and ammonia plant with a production capacity of up to 3.6 million tonnes per year. Jakson Green is the energy transition arm of infrastructure and renewables company, Jakson Group, which recently announced intentions to become a leading develop and integrator of green hydrogen and ammonia. Commenting on the Rajasthan plans, Bikesh Ogra, Founding Promoter, Managing Director, and CEO of Jakson Green, said, “We are extremely delighted to partner with the State of Rajasthan in developing one of the most realistically sized early green ammonia projects in the country. “We truly appreciate the Government of Rajasthan for this partnership and for demonstrating their vision in positioning the state a...

  As many questions related to materials engineering, to answer that we have to understand the unit cell structure of the material, in this case, graphite. The crystal structure of graphite, consists of sp2 hybridized carbon atoms arranged two-dimensionally in a honeycomb structure in the x-y plane. The layers, termed graphene layers, are stacked parallel to each other in a 3D structure. The most common stacking sequence of the layer planes is the hexagonal form with an ABABAB packing sequence. This way, some atoms (α) have neighbors directly above and below in adjacent planes, while others (β) don’t. The bonding between the layers is van der Waals bonding, so the carbon layers can easily slide with respect to one another. Due to the difference between the in-plane and out-of-plane bonding, graphite has a high modulus of elasticity parallel to the plane and a low modulus perpendicular to the plane. Thus, graphite is highly anisotropic. The high modulus of a carbon fiber stems from ...

I have completed an assignment on the Glass fibre SMC market for a well-reputed american market research company and shared my insights on GF-SMC in Automotive market for Europe and North American regions.Also shared my insights on the demand,recycling,existing trends and comparison over other available options such as carbon,basalt,natural fibres,ceramics etc.. I have covered an overview of the landscape of the market, key players of the GF-SMC and also latest products that have been introduced by OEM's in the automotive market.