Online Presentation for Architects
Nickel magazine, March, 2004 -- The first in a series of online slide
presentations on the topic of nickel-containing stainless steels in architecture, building and construction
is now available at www.ivox.info
Designed for the British Stainless Steel Association (BSSA) by Geoff Stone, a consultant to the Nickel Institute, the presentation is available free to all users but is aimed specifically at U.K.-based architects and construction professionals who are seeking continuing professional development (CPD) credits.
The presentation consists of both slides and audio and provides guidelines for selecting and specifying stainless steel grades and finishes. Several architectural and construction projects serve as examples to illustrate various technical points.
Certified by the Construction CPD Certification Service, the presentation includes a short multiple choice
quiz at its conclusion. After successfully completing the quiz, users can then download a CPD
certificate.
To get to this presentation online, follow these steps:
1) Go to www.ivox.info
2) Click on "Login/Registration" and register for access.
3) After you recieve a registration number by e-mail, return to www.ivox.info and click on "Presentations"
and then the "CPD" logo and follow the login process.
4) Then click on the link to "Introduction to Stainless Steel" to start the presentation.
EU Proposes to Regulate Food-Contact Materials
In November 2003, the European Commission adopted a new proposal for a regulation on "materials and articles intended to come into contact with food". The Regulation is intended to replace the existing EU Directive 89/109/EEC. (Unlike a Directive, a Regulation becomes immediately enforceable throughout the EU once it has passed into EU law). It has now been passed to the Council and Parliament of the EU and is expected to go through its first reading during the first quarter of 2004.
Like the existing Directive, the Regulation enforces the first principle that no substance shall migrate from any material or article intended to come into contact with food in quantities that could endanger human health or affect the nature or quality of the food. Its provisions include:
- A "positive list" of authorised materials to be drawn up by the European Food Standards Agency and to be made available to the public.
- New materials, for which authorisation is sought, will be assessed through an application submitted via a member state.
- Labelling system to show compliance and to verify traceability of materials at all stages of manufacture, processing and distribution.
- Groups of substances (including metals and alloys) identified, which may be covered by "specific measures".
Online Training Module Available
The Nickel Institute has launched the second in a series of online training modules for the chemical process industry. "Corrosion by Waters" introduces the challenges of handling water in various processing plants with emphasis on corrosion and scale formation; macro-fouling; microbiological influenced corrosion; high chloride waters and crevice corrosion. Visit: http://www.nickelinstitute.org//index.cfm/ci_id/12609.htm
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EUROPEAN NICKEL RISK ASSESSMENT: Stay abreast of regulatory developments in Europe by
visiting the web site of the European Nickel Group.
www.nickelforum-eura.org
SCIENCE SUPPORT: For all the latest published information on the environmental and human
health science of nickel, visit the NiPERA web site:
www.nipera.org
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