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Contents:

• Stress relief for nickel
  When nickel metal produced by electrolysis becomes highly stressed, it literally cracks under the pressure. The nickel deposit fractures and peels from the surface of the electrode on which it has plated. A stressed out nickel deposit is a major problem...
  
  
• Tackling the problem of scale
  Scale in industry is to equipment surfaces and pipes what barnacles are to ships. Barnacles attached to hulls reduce the efficiency of ships, are expensive to remove and take ships out of service while they are cleaned off. Scale - unwanted mineral deposits - can result in...
  
  
• Playing with a model of gold adsorption onto activated carbon
  By playing with a computer model she has built, Sawan Jongpaiboonkit will actually be working - working to investigate different strategies for managing carbon...
  
  
• Hydrometallurgy facility open for business
  The Parker Centre's new hydrometallurgy facility is already being put to good use by its first occupant, Perth company HiTec Energy Ltd. HiTec Energy is operating a demonstration plant in the facility...