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- Hellacious wallboard--take 2
- Hellacious wallboard--take 2Sulphate is rock stableReally a shame that a blog which started well gets tained by fear mongering: Gypsum is used in wallboard globally. It?s a naturally-occuring, very soft mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, CaSO4?2H2O. Note there?s a sulphur ion there. Any impurities that cause the gypsum to...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-23
- Hellacious wallboard--take 2
- The nasty wallboard emitting H2S (hydrogen sulphide, a gas) is apparently spread around North America. The Canadians are now complaining about it. I blogged about this latest Chinese import to raise health questions. The stuff was apparently imported from 2001 to 2007. One estimate:...
- Blog posts 2009-03-22
- That's not a rotten egg, it's just my wallboard venting
- That's not a rotten egg, it's just my wallboard ventingRight on USA TodayIt was in one of the comments on this story, coming apparently from one of the people who was incensed about China-made stuff being in his home until he found out that it was made to the same...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-22
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- What's a brick?
- CinderblockMany years ago a product called cinderblock was made from coal fire residue. It was similar to standard concrete block. In many cases, over time, it proved far less satisfactory. One big problem was degradation in a wet environment. It would get sort of mushy and...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- HP ProLiant Servers Running Microsoft Windows Small Business Server (SBS) Enable Building-Materials Distributor Gypsum Supply to Continue Expansion Without Adding IT Staff
- Gypsum Supply, Ltd. wanted to build a corporate network that enhances employee communication and improves security and reliability of computers companywide. Gypsum Supply, Ltd. deployed two HP ProLiant servers with AMD processors, two HP ProCurve network switches, and Microsoft Windows SBS to facilitate file sharing, improved messaging and calendar functionality,...
- Case studies 2009-08-01
- HP, AMD, and Microsoft Deliver Network to Support Company Growth
- Gypsum Supply, Ltd. sells and distributes building materials to businesses across north Texas. To compete against regional and national distributors, the organization works to provide the best customer service in its market. It needed to build a corporate network that enhances employee communication and improves security and reliability of computers...
- Case studies 2009-08-01
- Chinese drywall: more than you paid for?
- Chinese drywall: more than you paid for?Earth to EPADuh, gypsum *is* calcium sulfate so of course it should be entirely sulfur compounds!If the material in question is out gassing impurities say what the contaminant actually is could be useful, but a generic "sulfur compounds" is asinine scare mongering. How about...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-20
- Water technology sure to become more profitable. Great "Dry" Lakes study released. Our food is consuming our water.
- The Great Lakes are a major source of fresh water for much of the industrial and agricultural Midwest as well as southeastern Canada. Now the US Geological Survey has released a report on what happens to the water after people take it out of the lakes. You can...
- Blog posts 2008-05-23
- From gas to solid, that's not just physics, that's green tech
- From gas to solid, that's not just physics, that's green techWhy do you think it's a scam?The western US is certainly a warmer, dryer place than it was when I was a child I know that from personal experience. You may be right that human activity has little or...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-04
- Green-walling with patented new tech
- I had a serious talk with the chief of Serious Materials. And the company promises some serious energy savings with their new products. But in my talk with CEO Kevin Surace I hit a green wall on one topic: how do they make this stuff? ...
- Blog posts 2008-01-27
- Integrated Supply Chain for a Leader in the Building Products Industry
- USG Corporation USG, inventor of Sheetrock, the world's number one brand of wallboard, is the largest manufacturer of gypsum products in North America. USG prides itself on producing the broadest product range in the industry. However, USG's large product portfolio posed additional challenges by adding complexity to production and distribution...
- Case studies 2007-11-01
- Image Gallery: Google Reader's offline capability gypped of key Google Gears cog
- Image Gallery: Google Reader's offline capability gypped of key Google Gears cogJust FYI......some people consider the word "Gyp" or "Gypped" to be a racial slur. My wife has some sort of Gypsy ancestry and I've had to train myself not to use that word.another FYI: Oracle LiteOracle Lite has...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-14
- Nanotechnology to protect from earthquakes
- Two separate efforts using high-tech to protect people from earthquakes have been recently revealed. At the University of Leeds, UK, researchers will use nanotechnology and RFID tags to build a self-healing house in Greece. The house walls will contain nanoparticles that turn into a liquid when squeezed under pressure, flow...
- Blog posts 2007-04-15
- Nanoengineered concrete to fight global warming
- Nanoengineered concrete to fight global warmingYikesMaybe the Romans, with their extensive use of limestone actually brought about the global cooling we are now suffering by trapping so much CO2 into their extensive road systems. It's a fact that global temperatures are a few degrees cooler from when the Romans were...
- Discussion threads 2007-01-30
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