David Pye's series on the heat treatment of exotic metals continues.

On April 28, the U.S. Senate began consideration of the Endless Frontier Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at China, global supply chains, and improving U.S. innovative and manufacturing competitiveness.

What would we do without knives? Knives, from the kitchen variety to utility to hunting, are a part of our daily lives.

On April 13, the Ozone Transport Commission (OTC), a multistate organization created under the Clean Air Act to advise the EPA on the ground-level ozone, held a hearing that could lead to stricter regulations of industrial boilers, cement kilns, tank farms and non-stationary sources such as trucks and engines. 

Figure 3 shows another crack that has only ratchet marks to tell us it has been propagating in fatigue. See the white arrows at lower left. There are a few more ratchets to the right of the ones that are marked.

Since those early days of the birth of what became known as the “jet age,” titanium alloys have found a strong demand by manufacturers.

The Copyright Office has created a new online group registration option for short online literary works.

Many of us probably think a bolt is just a bolt; some of us may not even know the difference between a bolt and a screw. Heat treatment is the key difference from one bolt to another, and understanding that difference is key to correct assembly design. If the wrong bolt is chosen for a given design, it becomes the weakest link and catastrophic failure will result.

Some of the brazing paste we purchased has separated, showing a layer of liquid above the brazing material in the containers.