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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedToshiba Corp. (New Products Showcase).(develops lithium-silicate based ceramic material with Toshiba Ceramics Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
Chemical Market Reporter, July, 2003
TOSHIBA Corp. and Toshiba Ceramics Company Ltd. have developed a lithium-silicate based ceramic material they say has "exceptional carbon dioxide [[CO.sub.2]] absorption characteristics." According to the companies, the new material can absorb 400 times its own volume of [CO.sub.2] at an "unmatched" rate of absorption, and can do so at room temperature.
The two companies also say that the new ceramic is capable of over 500 cycles of absorption and discharge without any falling away in absorbing ability. Usually, [CO.sub.2]-absorbing ceramics are available only in a cylindrical form, but Toshiba Group's new application is spherical, which releases all [CO.sub.2] during discharge, and is ideal for repeated use at high temperature applications. As a result,...
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