ZINC and cadmium atoms are known to exhibit good mobility over, and ready re-evaporability from, a suitable substrate surface on which the metal vapour beam is incident. Thus the vapour – beam ...

When the steel industry rapidly expanded in the 1990s in China, the fashionable research topic was working out how to remove impurities from molten steel ... on the issue of metal solidification ...

David Gatlin found a way to get rid of ants nests and create beautiful art at the same time: he pours 1,400-degree molten aluminum into them. When the metal dries, it creates an intricate sculpture.

Joining other efforts to decarbonize the steel-production process such as those using hydrogen to refine iron ore, Boston Metal has pioneered a process known as molten oxide electrolysis (MOE).

Sand casting close sand castingA process of making a mould in sand so that a molten metal can be poured to take a form. can be used to cast larger and more complex shapes as it uses a two-part mould: ...