Due to the hard carbon nanofibers and abundant welded joints among the nanofibers, the hard carbon aerogels display robust and stable mechanical performances, including super-elasticity, high strength, extremely fast recovery speed (860 mm s-1) and low energy loss coefficient (<0.16). After tested under 50 % strain for 104 cycles, the carbon aerogel shows only 2 % plastic deformation, and retained 93 % original stress.

Sinochem International and Shanghai Research Institute of Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Chemical Institute) jointly established the “Sinochem – Shanghai Chemical Institute Composite Materials joint laboratory” in Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park.

In applications where the grating may need more support than that offered by the molded in recesses at the top of the flume, Openchannelfow installes tube supports at the inlet / outlet of the flume for the grating to sit on to provide additional support.