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Chloride migration test for UHPC and UHPFRC

Scientists recently developed a modified, accelerated chloride migration test for UHPC and UHPFRC with PVA and steel fibers.

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Akzo Nobel opens R&D innovation campus

A lab complex which can test new products in conditions that mimic the world's most extreme environments has been officially opened by Akzo Nobel in the UK.

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UV-curable cardanol-based acrylate oligomers with cyclotriphosphazene core

Researchers recently studied the synthesis and properties of UV-curable cardanol-based acrylate oligomers with cyclotriphosphazene core.

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Protecting the grain

Wood is a challenging substrate, vulnerable to many different deteriorating threads. A new article in the European Coatings Journal describes how dual-curing with water-borne UV polyurethanes can improve...

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Stockmeier expands distribution partnership with BRB International BV

With immediate effect Stockmeier distributes the assortment of Dutch company BRB International BV in the sales area Switzerland.

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Anticorrosive behavior of calcium carbonate in alkyd-based paints

The scope of a current work is to study the effect of calcium carbonate developed from different sources (e.g. natural calcite, marble and egg shell wastes) on the corrosion protection performance of anticorrosive...

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Nouryon to invest in new US plant for expandable microspheres

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) has selected a location in the US for a world-scale polymerisation plant for its expandable microspheres.

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Natural rubber based coatings with guanidinium-monomer

A current paper presents the synthesis and biological activity of a new antimicrobial material based on natural rubber derived building blocks and an organic antibacterial monomer, covalently bound to...

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BASF opens new centres in Asia-Pacific

BASF opens a new regional Automotive Application Center and a new research and development center for process catalysts at its Shanghai site.

The European Coatings Show opens its doors today. Image source: Heiko Stahl
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The European Coatings Show opens its doors

For the 15th time the European Coatings Show starts today in Nuremberg, Germany. The ECS 2019 is bigger than ever - with more exhibitors and one additional hall.

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Curling behavior of natural hydraulic lime-cement mortars

A recently published paper aims to identify the parameters influencing the curling phenomenon, and to understand the influence of cement substitution by increasing proportions of Natural Hydraulic Lime...

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Start of digital platform C4Buy

Performance Intermediates (PI) has launched the digital platform C4Buy where customers can buy MTBE, n-butane and 1.3-butadiene.

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Water-borne acrylic polymer/silica nanocomposite coatings

The dynamics and linear viscoelastic response of water-borne acrylic/silica nanocomposite coatings have recently been studied.

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Nouryon completes colloidal silica expansion in Sweden

Nouryon (formerly Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals) has raised production capacity for surface-modified colloidal silica at its Bohus site in Sweden.