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Small but powerful North Van company powered by cutting-edge technology

Small but powerful North Van company powered by cutting-edge technology

A company in North Vancouver that provides small yet powerful components that help drive many clean technologies is one that Ottawa says will benefit from new tax credits.

Federal Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra was stopped by North Vancouver company Accelovant on Wednesday for a first-hand look at the home-grown technology.

The North Vancouver company uses a patented cutting-edge technology to make fiber-optic temperature sensors key to the efficient manufacture of semi-conductor computer chips.

Those chips are used in a vast array of modern technologies, including green transportation options like e-bikes and electric vehicles.

“Last year’s cars have about 30 chips in each one. Electronic vehicles have 3,000 chips per vehicle,” said Accelovant Technologies CEO Michael Goldstein. Chips are key to safe fast-charging of electric batteries in everything from cell phones to cars, he said.

And while the computer chips themselves aren’t new, Acceleovant’s technology has been changing the way

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What’s solid-fuel technology and why’s North Korea developing it? | News

What’s solid-fuel technology and why’s North Korea developing it? | News

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A look at the characteristics of solid-fuel technology and how it can help North Korea improve its missile systems.

North Korea says it has successfully tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), its first known use of the propellant in a longer-range projectile.

But what exactly is a solid-fuel missile and why does it matter to have one?

What is solid-fuel technology?

Solid propellant is a mixture of fuel and oxidiser. Metallic powders such as aluminum often serve as the fuel, and ammonium perchlorate, which is the salt of perchloric acid and ammonia, is the most common oxidiser.

The fuel and oxidiser are bound together by a hard rubbery material and packed into a metal casing.

When the solid propellant burns, oxygen from the ammonium perchlorate combines with aluminum to generate enormous amounts of energy and temperatures of more than 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit (2,760 degrees Celsius), creating thrust

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