| THE MAGAGINE
DEVOTED TO NICKEL AND ITS APPLICATIONS June 2003 Volume 18, Number 3 
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Kitchens of Le Cordon Bleu
Classical French cuisine is taught outside of France in a new state-of-the-art stainless steel kitchen in Ottawa, Canada
Beverage Kegs Take a Beating
Thanks to nickel stainless steel, beer
kegs have a long service life, sometimes up to 30 years, even though they take some very rough
handling.
Fast-Track Construction of LNG Tankers
A variant of Invar meets the requirements of faster, high-quality welds in the construction of LNG tankers.
Did You Know?
Eleven facts about nickel in nature and our daily lives are introduced in cartoons and are explained by
experts in audio files here
Designing for Reuse
If only it were possible to design patterns of material use in society to mimic the cyclical patterns we see
in nature.
Nickel Aluminides find a Niche
An intermetallic alloy, nickel aluminide,
helps to cut the cost of heat-treatment
Flat-Screen TVs
Alloys that have a low coefficient of thermal expansion are key to making the
frames of flat-screen products
Product Stewardship
Efforts are underway to recover more of the materials that go into mobile phones
Managing Corrosion
Predicting corrosion of nickel alloys in high-temperature chemical process equipment involves
many variables. But it should become more precise with a software package called 'ASSET'.
When all is Said and Done
In the United States, stainless steel has been used to make caskets since 1989
Destroying Chemicals Cost-Effectively
Corrosion-resistant nickel alloys may some day be used, instead of platinum, as
liners of supercritical water oxidation
reactors
NACE Fellow Award
Materials/corrosion engineer, Gerard
Sorell, is recognized for his distinguished contributions to solving difficult corrosion
problems
NiDI Appointment
European Environment Project Officer, Kati
Aaltonen
ASTM Defines 'Nickel' and 'Nickel Alloy'
New definitions appear in ASTM B899-02: Standard Terminology Relating to Non-ferrous Metals and Alloys.
