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May 2020 / 11 the powder suitable for 3D printing metal parts with advanced mechan- ical properties. The goal of the partnership with SDTC is to ramp up production capacity at Equispheres during the next 2 years. According to Leah Lawrence, president and CEO of SDTC, Equispheres' powder pending atomization technique that produces powders with uniform size and sphericity, consistent micro- structure, and thin oxide layers. This production technique means that the powder is spreadable and flowable and absorbs less water with greater packer density, which makes ChemStor to prevent improperly mixed chemicals that cause fires, explosions, injuries, and deaths in laboratories, businesses, and homes. The program tells users if mixing certain chemicals is unsafe. The Cen- ters for Disease Control estimates that almost 4,500 injuries a year are caused by the mixture of incompat- ible pool cleaning chemicals. Even laboratory and factory workers who are trained to handle chemicals can also have mix-ups and accidents when chemicals are inadvertently combined in a waste container. The ChemStor program uses colors and a computer science strategy to allocate resources for efficient processor use, known as graph coloring register allocation. This program assigns chemicals colors based on the chemicals' reac- tivity group and recognizes that different colors cannot be stored together, but chemicals labeled with the same color can. The program determines if the combination is safe and whether the chemical has no safe storage or disposal configu- ration. The work on ChemStor was published in the Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. Metal powder manufacturer Equispheres receives $8 million from Government of Canada Equispheres, a metal powder man- ufacturer based in Ottawa, ON, has received $8 million from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). The SDTC Foundation was created by the Government of Can- ada to support and fund new clean technology development. Equi- spheres received the money because the metal powders they produce can be used to lightweight components used in various products. According to Equispheres, its powders are created using a patent-