Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to lithium-ion battery anodes and components thereof. Further provided are processes for the preparation of lithium-ion battery anodes. Such processes generally include preparation of a slurry including an anode material, a binder material, a conductive material, and a solvent. The anode material includes a carbon-silicon composite, and optionally, graphite.

Abstract: Provided are electrochemical secondary cells that exhibit excellent abuse tolerance, deep discharge and overcharge conditions including at extreme temperatures and remain robust and possess excellent performance. Cells as provided herein include: a cathode a polycrystalline cathode electrochemically active material including the formula Li1+xMO2+y, wherein ?0.9?x?0.3, ?0.3?y?0.3, and wherein M includes Ni at 80 atomic percent or higher relative to total M, an anode including an anode electrochemically active material defined by an electrochemical redox potential of 400 mV or greater vs Li/Li+.

Abstract: Provided are electrochemical secondary cells that exhibit excellent abuse tolerance, deep discharge and overcharge conditions including at extreme temperatures and remain robust and possess excellent performance. Cells as provided herein include: a cathode a polycrystalline cathode electrochemically active material including the formula Li1+xMO2+y, wherein ?0.9?x?0.3, ?0.3?y?0.3, and wherein M includes Ni at 80 atomic percent or higher relative to total M, an anode including an anode electrochemically active material defined by an electrochemical redox potential of 400 mV or greater vs Li/Li+.

Abstract: A substantially planar heat exchanger for regulating the temperature of objects using a fluid coolant includes a bottom plate, a top plate, a fin insert sealed therebetween and a coolant inlet and outlet. The fin insert may include a plurality of substantially flattened omega-shaped or teardrop-shaped fins, which enhances the transfer of heat from the top and/or bottom plates into the fin insert. The omega-shaped fin inserts enhance the contact surface area between the plates and the insert to improve thermal migration therebetween. The fin insert may be constructed, for example, by forming convolutions in a sheet of metal, and compressing the convolutions laterally inwardly and vertically inwardly.

Abstract: Provided are electrochemical secondary cells that exhibit excellent abuse tolerance, deep discharge and overcharge conditions including at extreme temperatures and remain robust and possess excellent performance. Cells as provided herein include: a cathode a polycrystalline cathode electrochemically active material including the formula Li1+xMO2+y, wherein ?0.9?x?0.3, ?0.3?y?0.3, and wherein M includes Ni at 80 atomic percent or higher relative to total M, an anode including an anode electrochemically active material defined by an electrochemical redox potential of 400 mV or greater vs Li/Li+.

Abstract: A substantially planar heat exchanger for regulating the temperature of objects using a fluid coolant includes a bottom plate, a top plate, a fin insert sealed therebetween and a coolant inlet and outlet. The fin insert may include a plurality of substantially flattened omega-shaped or teardrop-shaped fins, which enhances the transfer of heat from the top and/or bottom plates into the fin insert. The omega-shaped fin inserts enhance the contact surface area between the plates and the insert to improve thermal migration therebetween. The fin insert may be constructed, for example, by forming convolutions in a sheet of metal, and compressing the convolutions laterally inwardly and vertically inwardly.

Abstract: Provided are electrochemical secondary cells that exhibit excellent abuse tolerance, deep discharge and overcharge conditions including at extreme temperatures and remain robust and possess excellent performance. Cells as provided herein include: a cathode a polycrystalline cathode electrochemically active material including the formula Li1+xMO2+y, wherein ?0.9?x?0.3, ?0.3?y?0.3, and wherein M includes Ni at 80 atomic percent or higher relative to total M, an anode including an anode electrochemically active material defined by an electrochemical redox potential of 400 mV or greater vs Li/Li+.

Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation cooler for internal combustion engines and a method of forming same. One or more cooler tubes incorporate a flexible section, comprised of one or more integrally formed convolutions, with a tube and fin architecture. The exhaust gas recirculation cooler provides thermal compensation, on a per-tube basis, with the flexible sections of the one or more cooler tubes individually displacing upon the thermal expansion of any of the respective tubes.

Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation cooler for internal combustion engines and a method of forming same. One or more cooler tubes incorporate a flexible section, comprised of one or more integrally formed convolutions, with a tube and fin architecture. The exhaust gas recirculation cooler provides thermal compensation, on a per-tube basis, with the flexible sections of the one or more cooler tubes individually displacing upon the thermal expansion of any of the respective tubes.

Abstract: The invention provides spandex having an initial CIE whiteness of at least about 95 as measured by AATCC Test Method 110-1994, the spandex comprising an optical brightener selected from the group consisting of an oxazole, a biphenyl, a coumarin, a stilbene, a pyrazolene, a rhodamine, and a fluorescein, or a combination of such members, and an ultraviolet screener selected from the group consisting of a triazine, a benzotriazole, an oxalanilide, a benzophenone, and a bismalonate, or a combination of such members.

Abstract: A vessel of generally conventional design is provided with a hydrographic survey apparatus in which the transducer of the survey apparatus is mounted on a boom swingable about a substantially horizontal axis between a deployed and stowed position. The boom is located in a slot aligned in a vertical plane along the boat's centerline and extends downward from the boat's top deck. The boom is mounted at one end near the bow of the boat by attachment to a drive shaft extending beam-wise or transversely across the slot. The drive shaft is operated by a hydraulic rotary actuator. The transducer is mounted on the free end of the boom and is swingable about the drive shaft into and out of the water. The transducer is thus selectively movable from a stowed position to a deployed position in front of the vessel where it is placed in still non-turbulent water, i.e.; water that is free from mechanical vibration and noise of the survey boat and aquatic turbulence from the hull.