New Bayer process to cut cost of carbon nanotubes.Bayer MaterialScience Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) is an independent subgroup within Bayer AG. It was created as part of the restructuring of Bayer AG from the former business group Bayer Polymers, with certain of its activities being spun off to Lanxess AG. in Germany and Pittsburgh is sampling customers with carbon nanotubes produced under the name Baytubes. The company has developed a new process for making these electrically conductive particles on an industrial scale with consistent purity and "considerably lower cost than before," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the company. Up to now, variable quality and high prices up to $550/1b or more have limited industrial use of nanotubes, Bayer says. The company sees potential markets in electrostatically paintable automotive parts, antistatic Eliminating or reducing static electricity. See static electricity, antistatic bag, antistatic device, antistatic liquid and antistatic wristband. films for packaging electronic components, and EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC. shielding of computer and cell-phone housings. The tubes have a maximum average diameter of 50 nanometers--10,000 times thinner than a human hair. Tel: (800) 662-2927 * PT Direct: 468PT |
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