The crystallization process that
turns a liquid to a solid is brutally competitive, according to an
analysis of experiments performed on the Space Shuttle. Researchers
studied crystal-forming plastic beads immersed in liquid and found that
the larger crystals cannibalize their smaller neighbors over
surprisingly large distances.
Microbeads immersed in liquid floated freely at first (left) but
gradually formed small crystals (right, 10 days later) in an experiment
aboard the Space Shuttle. Larger crystallites devour smaller ones, even
early on, when they are far apart, according to work that aims to
elucidate the details of crystallization.
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KRAFTANLAGEN, ENERGIE- UND INDUSTRIE ANLAGEN (KEI), Heidelberg
Interface
Analysis of Project Management Systems
Assessment and Evaluation of Computer Systems to support
Project Planning, Project Control, and Project Direction
Evaluation of Systems Efficiency in running Projects
KRUPP KOPPERS & KRUPP LUMMUS & KRUPP ATLAS
DATENTECHNIK, Essen/GE, PROJECT BANDAR IMAM, Iran
Revision / Reconstruction of
petrochemical plants (designed by Mitsui, Mitsubishi & Toyo)
FLUOR DANIEL
CORPORATION, Düsseldorf/GE
BISPHENOL ANLAGE, BAYER Antwerp/BE
Coordination, Planning and Engineering, MTO, P&ID Revision
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Coordination, Planning and Engineering, MTO, P&ID Revision