Ames Laboratory has pioneered the use of high-pressure gas atomization to produce smooth, spherical metal powders that represent a dramatic improvement over traditionally manufactured powders. The process has garnered the laboratory at least 16 patents over the last two decades, and created a spin-off company, IPAT, recently acquired by Praxair, which exclusively licenses Ames Laboratory’s titanium atomization patents and is racing to introduce to an eager marketplace. Find out more about this break-through technology.
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By Laura Millsaps
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The Materials Preparation Center is celebrating 35 years of providing the world's highest quality rare-earth metals and custom alloys that researchers and industry can find nowhere else. Take a look at MPC's history and what takes place in the southeast corner of the Metals Development building. (11/3/2016)
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Eight out of the past 10 years, Ames Laboratory chemist Aaron Sadow has mentored a Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) student. Sometimes the mentorship has been for the 10-week summer program and sometimes for the 16-week semester program. On occasion, he’s mentored more than one student at a time. (6/9/2016)
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Biomass holds great promise as a petroleum replacement, but unlocking its true potential remains a puzzle. A group of researchers at Iowa State University and the U.S Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory hope to develop the pieces of that puzzle to create a clearer picture of what takes place within a plant and how that applies to its downstream uses as biomass. (5/11/2016)