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EUROMAT is the premier international congress in the field of materials in Europe, and will in 2017 take place in Thessaloniki, Greece. ESM will co-host a session on “Materials Life Cycle Approach and Flow Analysis”.
Abstract submission for ESM session at EUROMAT 2017 open
Material of the Month: Titanium
Tue Dec 2020
Titanium is a strong, grey metal which is highly corrosion resistant and has a high melting temperature. It has a very low density but high strength, it's 45% lighter than steel with the same strength though. Compared to Aluminum, it's 60% heavier, but twice as strong. Titanium is one of the earths
SusCritMOOC Online Evening Course series 2020
Mon Nov 2020
Evening course series on the sustainable management of critical raw materials On October 14, 15, and 16 SusCritMat held an online course series on critical raw materials. The participants gathered insights into three core topics each evening: Criticality, development of future supply and demand sce
Material of the month: Indium
Mon Nov 2020
Indium is a very soft, ductile and malleable metal and its earth crust occurrence can be compared to the one of silver or mercury. It got its name from its indigo blue spectral line. Nowadays its main uses can be found as indium-tin oxide in flat panel devices. Other applications include alloys and
Material of the Month: Germanium
Thu Oct 2020
Germanium is a hard, brittle semimetal that first came into use a half-century ago as a semiconductor material in radar units and as the material from which the first transistor was made. Today, germanium is mainly used in electronics and solar applications, fiber-optic systems, infrared optics, pol
New List of Critical Raw Materials is out!
Mon Sep 2020
The 2020 EU Critical Raw Materials List The European Commission has just published the 2020 EU Critical Raw Materials List. The Commission reviews the list of critical raw materials for the EU every three years screening 83 materials. Economic importance and supply risk are the two mai