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About RF Cafe
Copyright: 1996 - 2024 Web BSEE - KB3UON RF Cafe began life in 1996 as "RF Tools" in an AOL screen name web space totaling
2 MB. Its primary purpose was to provide me with ready access to commonly needed
formulas and reference material while performing my work as an RF system and circuit
design engineer. The World Wide Web (Internet) was largely an unknown entity at
the time and bandwidth was a scarce commodity. Dial-up modems blazed along at 14.4 kbps
while tying up your telephone line, and a nice lady's voice announced "You've Got
Mail" when a new message arrived... All trademarks, copyrights, patents, and other rights of ownership to images
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Plastic, Heal Thyself
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Plastic, Heal Thyself Modeled after the way the human body heals itself, a new breed of plastics is on the horizon that can not only heal micro-cracks, but prevent the propagation of a crack in progress. Headed by a team at the U. of Illinois, the self-healing plastics incorporate small capsules that release a healing agent when a crack forms. The agent travels to the break through small capillaries that simulate how blood flows to a wound. Polymerization is triggered automatically when the healing agent makes contact with a catalyst embedded in the plastic. The reaction forms a polymer to repair the broken edges of the material. The rounded capsules act as stress relief points to arrest crack propagation. |
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