An IBC employee pulls a two-ton billet of beryllium-copper out of the forge at the Franklin facility in 2022. Submitted photo A Franklin-based metal alloy manufacturer plans to close its Massachusetts ...

A collaborative effort from researchers at the Arizona State University, the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Lehigh University, and Louisiana State University has led to the development of a ...

Copper products are widely used in building construction, electrical grids, electronics, the medical sector and transportation. Together with gold and silver, copper is a member of the holy trinity of ...

The ratio of palladium to copper in an electrocatalyst governs syngas composition from CO2, shaping downstream carbon ...

Engineers have spent decades trying to build metals that do not snap, melt, or grind away under extreme conditions, and for a long time the tradeoffs seemed unavoidable. Push strength too far and a ...

(Unless otherwise noted, all financial amounts in this news release are expressed in U.S. dollars. IBC is reporting the performance of "continuing operations" at its Copper Alloy division, ...

Alloys are not just random combinations of elements; they are precisely engineered to enhance specific properties, such as strength, corrosion resistance, ductility, and conductivity. 1, 2 For example ...