Chemical Process Industry News Press releases and Nickel magazine articles
| November, 2005 | Canada's Oil Sands Nickel alloy N08926 plays an essential role in recycling water at a new steam assisted, gravity drainage bitumen extraction project. (Nickel Magazine) |
| November, 2005 | A New Catalyst for Fuel
Cells A nickel-cobalt nanomaterial has been developed to replace costly platinum catalysts in some battery and fuel cell applications. (Nickel Magazine) |
| July, 2005 | Extending the Life of Waste
Incinerators Nickel alloy N06625 remains the alloy of choice to combat the increasingly corrosive environment inside waste-to-energy incineration plants. (Nickel Magazine) |
| July, 2005 | Destroying Nerve Gas Agents How pure nickel is being used to build wet air oxidation process vessels for the U.S. Army's nerve gas destruction program. (Nickel Magazine) |
| July, 2004 | Conference Report: The Battle Against
Corrosion Nine corrosion specialists present their unique perspectives on the technical challenges facing the global chemical process industry. (Nickel Magazine) |
| April 14, 2004 | Online Training: "Corrosion by
Waters" Take in the second in a series of short slide presentations (with audio) by Nickel Institute consultant Bud Ross. |
| April 7, 2004 | C. P. (Paul) Dillon,
1921-2004 The Nickel Institute bids farewell to a great corrosion engineering consultant. |
| October, 2003 | Monogram Program Goes
Downstream Gate valves for chemical process applications can now be certified by independent auditors. (Nickel Magazine) |
| May 5, 2003 | Managing Corrosion at High
Temperatures The U.S. Dept. of Energy has agreed to provide roughly half of the funding for a US$2-million project to upgrade ASSET, a piece of corrosion prediction software. (Nickel Magazine) |
| May 5, 2003 | Fast-Tracking LNG Carriers A varient of K93600 has been developed to meet the weldability requirements for carriers using Faztransport Techniqaz (GTT) design. (Nickel Magazine) |
| April 8, 2003 | Nickel Aluminide Cuts the Cost of
Heat-Treating An intermetallic material is enabling manufacturers to slash the energy, product recycle, and capital equipment costs associated with heat-treating. (Nickel Magazine) |
| March 18, 2003 | Supercritical Water Oxidation
Research Researchers at the H. H. Uhlig Corrosion Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are cautiously optimistic about initial results. (Nickel Magazine) |
| March 16, 2003 | NiDI Consultant Honoured NiDi consultant Gerard Sorell has been honoured by NACE International for achievement in corrosion prevention. (Nickel Magazine) |
| September 17, 2002 | Online Training Module Launched "Basics of Corrosion," the first in a series of five NiDI online training modules, designed for the chemical process industry, is now available. |
| Pulp & Paper Reference Now Available An expanded and updated version of the American Iron and Steel Institute's 1982 bulletin, "Stainless Steels for Pulp and Paper" is now available for download. |
