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Research News
	Seeing the light: Microscopic properties measured via light scattering Slight variations in molecular weight or particle size of a component in a mix can often lead to instabilities in a product and a potential loss of business for certain industrial sectors. In the past, accurately determining these parameters has been a difficult and time consuming process. Now, there's a range of techniques that measure how macromolecules and particles present in a solution scatter light, and in so doing provide a wealth of information quickly and precisely regarding their molecular weight and size. ---more

Tin Tacks
	The proof is in the plastic Schefenacker Vision Systems Australia have recently begun using a new form of structural foam moulding called MuCell to manufacture external car mirrors. Because the MuCell process was new, Schefenacker wanted to ensure that the plastic components being produced using MuCell met all appropriate performance criteria. ---more

Know your material
	Picking salt from sugar With a basic light microscope (or magnifying glass) you'd be hard pressed to pick them apart but in this image, produced using backscattered electrons in a scanning electron microscope, the differences are crystal clear - indeed, almost black and white. ---more

Sensational Materials
	Microwaving green logs Australian scientists have developed a microwave technology that has the potential to revolutionise the world timber industry, slashing the time it takes to convert a green log to dried finished boards from months to days. ---more


	Corner cube bounces light straight back at you CSIRO are making corner cubes as a technology demonstrator for NASA's Space Interferometry and Planet Finder missions. It doesn't matter from which direction light enters a corner cube; it bounces straight back from where it came. ---more


	New coating protects metal casting equipment Can Australian technology is set to revolutionise the world car parts industry, by dramatically improving the performance of component casting. The new coating technology, CASTcoat™, protects metal casting equipment up to ten times longer than present coatings. ---more

Future Materials People
	The business of fine chemicals Meet Philip Moore, our State Manager in South Australia. Philip brings to Future Materials a wealth of experience from the technical and managerial side of the fine chemicals industry. He has extensive experience using thermoset and thermoplastic materials and his love for synthetic chemistry all started with a chemistry kit. Philip is based in the Ian Wark Research Institute at the University of South Australia. ---more

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