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OSU team demonstrates concept of potassium-air battery as alternative to lithium-air systems

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Researchers at Ohio State University (OSU) have demonstrated the concept of a potassium-air (K?O contrast with LiO 2 and NaO 2 , KO 2 is thermodynamically stable and commercially available. Ali Eftekhari (2004) Potassium secondary cell based on Prussian blue cathode. O 2 battery (0.5 M KPF6 in DME) at a current density of 0.16

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Ford Begins EcoBoost Engine Production

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A V-6 EcoBoost engine will be available for the F-150 in 2010. 1 opened in 1951 as Ford’s first engine plant in Ohio. In 2004, Ford invested $350 million into the plant for redesign and installation of an all-new assembly line as well as block, crankshaft and cylinder head machining lines. Cleveland Engine Plant No.

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USGS boosts assessment of recoverable natural gas in Marcellus Shale by 42x from 2002; now 84 trillion cubic feet

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Technically recoverable oil and gas resources are those quantities of oil and gas producible using currently available technology and industry practices, regardless of economic or accessibility considerations. billion barrels of natural gas liquids. Ninety-six percent of the estimated resource resides within the Interior Marcellus AU.

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