China's producer price index (PPI) rose 9.5 percent year-on-year in August, up 0.7 percent month-on-month, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Sept. 9.The purchasing prices of industrial producers rose 13.6 percent year-on-year and 0.8 percent month-on-month. Read More »

On August 24th, Alan Clark from CM Consulting in Australia delivered a special report on the progress of the Global Magnesium Industry at the 78th World Magnesium Industry Conference of INTERNATIONAL Magnesium Association. Read More »

With the rapid development of global metal material industry, new materials are listed as strategic emerging industries in the 14th Five-Year Plan of China, focusing on the development of high-strength light alloy and composite materials. Read More »

Xu Wei, Zhang Bo, Li Xiuyan and Lu Ke, postdoctoral fellow of nanomaterials Science Studio, Shenyang National Research Center for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found that the confined crystal structure can significantly reduce the high temperature atomic diffusion rate in al-mg alloy​. Read More »

Silicon wafer is a material used for producing semiconductors, which can be found in all types of electronic devices that improve the lives of people. Silicon comes second as the most common element in the universe; it is mostly used as a semiconductor in the technology and electronic sector. Read More »

On September 1, silicon Branch released the latest price information of polysilicon, the latest single crystal refeed transaction price in 206-215,000 yuan/ton, the average price of 211,000 yuan/ton, up 0.900 yuan/ton compared with last week. Read More »

Three-di-mensional printing is a process for making parts and structures using rapid prototyping techniques such as light curing and paper stacking. It works much the same way as conventional printers we're used to, except that conventional printing is two-dimensional and uses paper and ink. Read More »

In an increasingly connected world, smartphones have become an indispensable part of our lives.More than 60 percent of the world's population already owns a mobile phone, and smartphone penetration continues to rise in developing countries. Read More »

Oiled packing of magnesium and workpieceIn order to prevent magnesium alloy materials and workpieces from being polluted or corroded during storage and transportation, it should be coated with oil within 48 hours after passing inspection, and protective oil must be removed before use. Read More »

Aluminum powder​ is flammable and can form explosive mixtures in air. If moisture is present the hazard is greater. Poisonous gases are produced in fire, including aluminum oxide fumes. Fire may restart after it has been extinguished. Read More »

​Arsenic trisulfide is the inorganic compound with the formula As2S3. It is a dark yellow solid that is insoluble in water. It is produced in the analysis of arsenic compounds. It is a group V/VI, intrinsic p-type semiconductor and exhibits photo-induced phase-change properties. Read More »

Chalcogenide materials is an effective substitute for germanium infrared crystal material and an ideal candidate for infrared optical element.Chalcogenide glass is sulfur element and other metallic or nonmetallic elements to form the floorboard of the amorphous material (glass). Read More »

The surface treatment films on magnesium alloy materials and workpiece can be divided into two categories: one is the film with thickness less than 30μm, such as chemical conversion film, anodic oxidation film, vapor deposition film, etc. Read More »

The competition of automobile power battery fluctuates several times under the big stick of new energy financial subsidy policy. First ternary lithium batteries knocked lithium iron phosphate batteries out of the "iron throne", and now it is the turn of lithium iron phosphate​ batteries, ternary lithium batteries in the underdog. Read More »

Arsenic Trisulfide is an odorless, yellow or orange, crystalline powder. Both forms feature polymeric structures consisting of trigonal pyramidal As(III) centres linked by sulfide centres. The sulfide centres are two-fold coordinated to two arsenic atoms. Read More »