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  Materials
Dispersion (materials science) In materials science, dispersion is the fraction of atoms of a material exposed to the su...
Strategic materials Strategic materials are materials that are hard to come by in times of war.
Strength of materials Strength of materials is the scientific area of applied mechanics for the study of the strength of...
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/materials.html   (322 words)

  
 NTNU - Strategic Area Materials   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Strategic Area Materials gathers all the scientific resources at NTNU with relevance to materials research.
The area Materials is managed from the highest organizational level at NTNU.
Materials - basis of all new technology Norway is one of the world's largest exporters of many vital materials.
www.ntnu.no /materialer/index_e.htm   (168 words)

  
 Nat' Academies Press, Computer-Aided Materials Selection During Structural Design (1995)
Materials knowledge is to be accessible to the engineer as reference material through design advisors that interact with the user as well as product and process models to analyze, critique, improve, or optimize it.
Strategic decision making cannot be handed over to computers; rather computers and information systems must be relied on to provide access to documented information and models of the business, product, processing capabilities, and processing influences on materials.
Materials databases and knowledge bases Electronic documentation of previous designs Heuristics and selection reasoning traceback Cost estimation modeling Strategic Materials Selection—Decisions to introduce new materials based on understanding/quantification of risk, impact on customer requirements, and correspondence with enterprise objectives and strategic technology planning.
www.nap.edu /books/0309051932/html/19.html   (3610 words)

  
 Strategic Internet Group Legal
Strategic may terminate this license at any time if you are in breach of the terms of this Agreement.
In no event shall Strategic or its suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, business interruption, or loss of information) arising out of the use or the inability to use the materials, even if Strategic has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Strategic makes no representation that Materials in the site are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access to them from territories where their content is illegal is prohibited.
www.strategicsite.com /legal.htm   (729 words)

  
 NRC: Strategic Plan: Fiscal Year 2000 - Fiscal Year 2005, Vol. 2, Part 1
The next four sections are organized to state (1) the strategic goal that relates to the arena and (2) the strategic goal measure and to state (1) the applicable performance goals, (2) the strategies for accomplishing each performance goal, and (3) the measures for each performance goal.
Certain elements of the fuel cycle and materials industries are mature, and practices and standards already in place have been tested over time and found to be acceptable in maintaining safety and security.
Domestic safeguards are those nuclear material control and accounting measures and physical protection measures implemented by and within any country, including the U.S., to prevent sabotage of nuclear materials or facilities or theft or diversion of nuclear materials by an individual or a group within that country.
www.nrc.gov /reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1614/v2/part1   (11134 words)

  
 Strategic Materials, Inc. (Products) - Glass Recycling, Cullet, Abrasives and Powdered Glass   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Strategic Materials sells ground glass to the abrasive industry under the name "White Blast." Glass is an ideal abrasive since it is competitively priced, leaves good profiles, has high performance results, and provides superior worker safety.
Strategic Materials is the largest supplier of cullet to the container industry.
Strategic Materials’ grinding process ensures a consistent size of product which, in turn, provides consistent hardness for friction.
www.strategicmaterials.com /products/products.html   (308 words)

  
 donga.com [english donga]
Sim Sung-geun, the manager of the ministry’s strategic material system team, explained, “The company was found not to have exported tritium, a category 1 strategic material, which requires the government’s approval to be exported.
Strategic materials refer to materials or technology that can be used for developing weapons of mass destruction (WMD), such as nuclear weapons and biochemical weapons.
Signatories to the strategic material export control treaty, including the U.S., have legislated domestic laws to ban illegal strategic material exports for up to 20 years.
english.donga.com /srv/service.php3?biid=2005091225748   (428 words)

  
 Industry Studies - Strategic Materials   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Strategic materials are those deemed to be of critical importance to national development and well-being.
The strategic materials industry is an important contributor to the national security strategy of the United States.
The diversity within the strategic materials industry compels restricting the scope of study of the contribution of structural materials to the national and world economies.
www.ndu.edu /icaf/industry/2000/stratmat/stratmat.htm   (5760 words)

  
 Defense National Stockpile Center
This act provides that strategic and critical materials are stockpiled in the interest of national defense to preclude a dangerous and costly dependence upon foreign sources of supply in times of national emergency.
Formally established under the National Defense Authorization Act of FY 1993 (amending the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act), the MIC is co-chaired by the Departments of Commerce and State and includes representatives from the Departments of Interior (Geological Survey), Treasury, Transportation, Agriculture, Energy, and Defense (DNSC), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The NDS is a reserve of strategic and critical materials which are unavailable in the U.S. in sufficient quantities to meet anticipated national security emergency requirements.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/dod/dnsc.htm   (1984 words)

  
 Strategic materials - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Strategic materials are materials needed in order to prosecute a war.
In times of war, it is of advantage to manufacture machines and military equipment that require as few as possible of these materials for their production.
This page was last modified 02:23, 30 September 2004.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Strategic_materials   (63 words)

  
 Advanced Automotive Materials in North America
Advanced automotive materials demand will grow at an annual rate of nearly seven percent through 2006 in the North American light vehicle market.
While some in the industry see the battle for materials dominance as being one between plastics and metals, in reality the contest pits plastic against plastic and metal against metal as well.
The winner will be the material that can do the job for the lowest possible cost, given the tremendous competitive pressures automakers are experiencing.
www.marketresearch.com /redirect.asp?productid=858343&progid=3603   (339 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Examples: * Alloys * Plastics * Oils In times of war, it is of advantage to manufacture machines and military equipment that require as few as possible of these materials for their production.
:''Strategic materials are materials that are hard to come by in times of war.'' Would that include chocolate, if it cannot be imported because one is at war with the country it comes from?
There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Strategic materials.
www.mauspfeil.net /Strategic_materials.html   (157 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - embargo (Political Science: Terms And Concepts) - Encyclopedia
An example of the former was the prohibition of gold bullion exports in 1933, while the latter is seen in the embargo placed on certain war materials in 1940.
Embargoes were authorized as a form of sanction by the Covenant of the League of Nations, and were applied against Paraguay in 1934 in the Chaco dispute (see Gran Chaco) with Bolivia, and against Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia (1935–36).
Article 41 of the United Nations Charter permits embargoes in cases of military aggression, and during the Korean War, the United Nations called upon its members to refrain from sending arms and strategic materials to territory controlled by the North Koreans and Chinese.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/E/embargo.html   (434 words)

  
 FREE Strategic Management Materials
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csmintl.premierdomain.com /freetips.htm   (195 words)

  
 The Secretary of State to President Roosevelt on Stratetgic Materials, WASHINGTON, October 21, 1938.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
You know, of course, that there are insufficient supplies in the United States of a number of raw materials which would be of great strategic importance in the event of a general war, whether or not this nation were involved.
Almost without exception, however, these bills have, in the opinion of the interested executive agencies, been more concerned with certain private interests to be advantaged than with the national welfare and have, on the whole, dealt unwisely or ineffectively with the national problem of strategic materials.
I think you may be interested in glancing at the enclosed resume of known information regarding the action now being taken by a number of other powers to store up adequate reserves of strategic materials.
www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/interwar/hull41.htm   (519 words)

  
 Asia Times - News and analysis from Korea; North and South
North Korea is classified as a "dangerous country" by international and US export control laws, so exports of computers, semiconductors and other electronics materials that could be used for military purposes to the country are strictly banned.
Among the 15 South Korean companies selected to move into the pilot site of the Kaesong industrial park, which was completed in late June and is to begin production by the end of this year, were semiconductor and electronics companies.
The US and South Korean governments are scheduled to discuss the strategic materials listed after separate reviews.
www.atimes.com /atimes/Korea/FH24Dg05.html   (491 words)

  
 E-Cats多言語対応OPAC
The international politics of Africa's strategic minerals / Oye Ogunbadejo.
Strategic materials : a world survey / Rae Weston.
Strategic minerals : the geopolitical problems for the United States / Ewan W. Anderson.
runners.ritsumei.ac.jp /opac/disp-query?mode=2&con1=5&kywd1=%53%74%72%61%74%65%67%69%63%20%6D%61%74%65%72%69%61%6C%73&con2=3&con3=4&disp=1   (238 words)

  
 NITE Biological Resource Center/Strategic materials stipulated by the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law
Strategic materials stipulated by the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law
Microorganism strains listed below are classified as the cargo of special note (strategic material strains) by Article 48, 1 of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law.
*: It is suspected of strategic material strains.
www.nbrc.nite.go.jp /e/strategy-e.html   (183 words)

  
 Strategic IT Planning
DTM staff have reviewed I.T. planning materials from the 49 other states.
Seven states have materials that appear to be especially helpful for the Wisconsin planning process.
good strategic I.T. Plan (there is a link to a PDF version is near the bottom of the page)
enterprise.state.wi.us /home/strategic/materials_from_other_states.htm   (107 words)

  
 BWXT Core Competencies - Strategic Materials Laboratory
The Strategic Materials Laboratory (SML) is a radiologically-controlled area where nuclear and non-nuclear materials are processed and evaluated.
The laboratory is used to develop and test nuclear fuel and related components as part of the Nuclear Materials and Inspections Systems at the LTC.
Nuclear and non-nuclear materials can be processed, tested, and characterized in the SML by our staff of metallurgists, ceramists and technicians.
www.bwx.com /core_competencies/sml.html   (251 words)

  
 EH.Net Encyclopedia: Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Both natural rubber and abaca (used to produce rope products) were produced primarily in south Asia, which came under Japanese control.
Thus, these programs encouraged the development of alternative sources of supply of these essential materials.
Synthetic rubber, which was not produced in the United States prior to the war, quickly became the primary source of rubber in the post-war years.
www.eh.net /encyclopedia/?article=butkiewicz.finance.corp.reconstruction   (5316 words)

  
 Matrice Technology > Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Read in over 32 countries globally providing up-to-date fully sourced (giving you direct contact access to authors) coverage of the latest developments in materials technology as well as providing book reviews, market analysis, management reports and other aspects of relevance to the materials professional quarterly in print and with full on-line electronic access.
A New Concept: the only citable archival record of Conference Proceedings in Materials Research with on-line full text access to conference proceedings 24/7.
Jobs in the the industry, with the ability for you to both find a new position and - for a small fee - advertise your own.
www.matrice-technology.com   (180 words)

  
 Strategic Research/Materials Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Strategic Research Directorate maintains a broad base of research in materials science including a wide range of programs and state-of-the-art capabilities in materials synthesis, fabrication, characterization, processing, and modeling.
Material scientists in the Strategic Research Directorate conduct wide-ranging research in areas of advanced crystal growth, condensed matter, electronic and electrochemical materials and devices, material properties and their underlying structures, nanoscience, polymers and coatings, thermal physics and the metallurgical science and engineering of radioactive and non-radioactive metals and alloys.
The effect of this research includes continuing advances in such technologies as fuel cells, chemical and biological agent detectors, electroluminescent polymers, organic electronics and nanotechnologies.
www.lanl.gov /orgs/sr/materials.shtml   (233 words)

  
 NTNU - Strategic Area Materials
Here is a list of other materials projects the strategic area participates in.
The director of the strategic area Materials - Professor Bjørn T. Stokke - is also chairman of the NTNU Nanolab board.
The Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering, along with the Materials Technology study programme, will form a centre for where companies can bring samples for analysis.
www.ntnu.no /satsingsomraader/materialer   (941 words)

  
 Geostrategy-Direct.com: Iraq smuggling strategic materials through Syria
Western intelligence sources said Iraq is acquiring components for tanks, armored systems and anti-aircraft batteries as well as material for WMD through Syria.
U.S. officials said Assad appears to be ignorant of Syria's strategic weapons program, believed controlled by Aslan, Geostrategy-Direct reported in its Jan. 29 edition.
The daily said the ships were taken to Cyprus and searched for unspecified weapons and materials.
www.geostrategy-direct.com /geostrategy-direct/flashback.html   (621 words)

  
 Cada Communications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Our company publishes a magazine on strategic materials such as coatings and composite materials.
Publisher's Cada is the first Italian editor in the sectors coating and composite materials.
For five years we have published the magazine " Coatings and Composite Materials" and other books on paints and composites.
www.ukrainebiz.com /companiesOther/cada.htm   (94 words)

  
 ProcureCon USA 2005 -The Direct Materials Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Event   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Recognized GPS experts strategically located in proximity to important sourcing locations around the globe are providing the GPS clients focused/leveraged Procurement Leadership with access to global supply base and emerging markets, e-enabled commodity and supply chain design/management, market/technology intelligence and new product introduction consulting, and supplier development and selection.
Prior to KLA-Tencor, John was a Senior Executive at a start-up engaged in strategic sourcing solutions, as well as an integral member of teams at Hewlett-Packard and IBM that received, in 1992 and in 1999 respectively, Purchasing Magazine's Medal of Professional Excellence for organizing global procurement strategies.
Learning to source strategically is not as easy as it sounds - changing the mindsets and developing the skillsets of your staff, who have traditionally been involved in transactional functions entails special consideration and communication.
www.wbresearch.com /procureconusa/full.html   (10220 words)

  
 The Canadian Nuclear Industry: Regulation Forever
There fissile materials are highly dangerous, and must be isolated from the environment with no possibility of leakage, in some cases for tens of thousands of years.
Small fractions of the radioactive material present is claimed from the ore at the mining stage; the balance must be isolated from the environment for periods ranging from centuries to indefinitely.
The nuclear industry is one that manufactures and traffics in strategic materials, mere kilograms of which destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
www.ccnr.org /orkin_law.html   (11443 words)

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