Materials Science
Materials Science for hands-on hobbyists
- Amazon's newer homegrown packaging products
- Can you read the contents of mask ROM with a microscope photograph? Yes.
- Good info on reflow soldering adhesive mounting tape and defects
- Retrobrighting with less chemicals, no chemicals?
- NinjaTek, 3D printable synthetic rubber
- Recycling solder waste revisited
- Interesting history behind the discovery of silicon crystal growing
- 3D printing tips, PETG plastic
- Lithium-ion battery safety on ships at sea
- Finally, ribbon cables to connect LCDs understood
- Micro-plastics in the air, rain, and land
- Lessons learned from more soldering, do-it-yourself air filters
- Digi-Key blog article on long-term IoT sensors, and ithium thionyl chloride batteries revisited
- The chemicals of light-emitting diodes
- Temperature resistant insulation materials in pin headers, wave versus reflow soldering, and DNP
- Hook-up wire jacket insulation materials
- Lessons learned on cleaning corroded battery contacts
- Updates on rubber decay and preservation
- Thread lock
- How to glue plastics together
- Fun ways to build improvements to a toybox
- Use a hot glue gun for welding plastic and shrinking heat-shrink
- More information on leak-resistant lithium batteries
- IC "plastic" packaging material and melting
- Polish acrylic plastic to a glass-like shine
- Burning match temperature and hot temperatures used for various purposes
- Inventory of 3D printable materials in 2019
- Mystery MacSE expansion card identity solved, still figuring out how to use it, misc. information on vintage computing
- Lowdown on aging and failure modes of rubber
- Conductive inks revisited
- Ceramic repair with water glass?
- Silicon-based lifeforms? Material Science lowdown.
- Flexible glass and ancient inventions
- Red List Building Materials -- great start
- More fire-resistant materials for electronics cases
- What is Guardian tempered safety glass?
- Clay electronic cases, the chemistry of rocks and minerals, and sodium silicate glue
- How to remove various glues from circuit boards, and about chip-on-board modules
- Antigens that cause latex allergies, info about Spandex
- Does sunscreen contain endocrine disruptors, and reflections on chemicals that are good or bad for our planet
- Chemical properties of ABS plastic, synthetic rubber, pencil erasers, and the "Bissell" company name
- The chemical elements of plastic, paper, cloth, and endocrine disruptors
- Paper mache works well for Raspberry Pi cases, and notes on plastic health hazards pertaining to 3D printing
- When your "rubber eraser" is not rubber, plastic is "synthetic rubber"
- Materials with endocrine disruptors and hazardous chemical evaluations
- Demolition, deconstruction, reusability, and similar thoughts
- Abestos