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The heat is on
Added: 9 Aug 2001
But can you keep it on? Heat transfer fluids play an important role in doing just that for many pro…
CEFIC looks East as the EU plans its next expansion
Added: 9 Aug 2001
Stuart Nathan reports from the European Chemical Industry Council's annual meeting in Helsinki, whe…
Shell's in the Timor Sea
Added: 9 Aug 2001
Shell Development Australia (SDA) is proposing to use the world's first floating liquefied …

Smooth operation
Added: 9 Aug 2001
Safety concerns and pressure from customers are leading to increasing use of food-grade lubricants,…
2 million tonnes of fluorochemicals
Added: 7 Aug 2001
World demand for fluorochemicals is forecast to grow at 3.4% per year to 2 million tonnes in 2005 a…
Flexible electronics are organic
Added: 6 Aug 2001
IBM scientists have made an advance in material science that could lead to the development of organ…
Eradicating CFC's with a plasma cask
Added: 1 Aug 2001
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology have developed a plasma cask design…
Excellent growth ahead for the polypropylene industry
Added: 27 Jul 2001
For the year 2000, global polypropylene consumption grew by 6% over the previous year according to …
Recycle those scrap tyres
Added: 27 Jul 2001
An innovation by a British scientist may spark a renewed interest in pyrolysis - and help to reduce…
A formula for long-life rechargeable batteries
Added: 27 Jul 2001
If you're tired of appliances that quickly lose their charge - help may be on the way from the US D…
Let your process flow
Added: 25 Jul 2001
Foxboro has released a device said to combat the high process signal noise created by chemical addi…
Bringing sewage back to life
Added: 24 Jul 2001
Haestad Methods has announced the release of SewerCAD v5, the latest version of their model…

Dow buys rigid foam
Added: 24 Jul 2001
The Dow Chemical Company has agreed to purchase the assets of the Celotex Corporation's rig…

Red devices for organic EL displays
Added: 20 Jul 2001
Toray has developed red emitting organic electroluminescent (EL) devices that can be used to create…
Tesoro to make $677 million acquisition from BP
Added: 18 Jul 2001
Tesoro Petroleum Corporation has announced that it will acquire a limited number of US based refine…
Co-operating on low-k
Added: 18 Jul 2001
Axcelis Technologies and ASM will be working together to further develop dry strip methods for remo…
Thin metal filter material solves green power problem
Added: 18 Jul 2001
Researchers at Ames Laboratory have developed a thin metal filter material that may overcom…

Metal pollutants show their true colours
Added: 17 Jul 2001
Researchers from Brigham Young University have created molecules that glow in the presence of certa…
Clean air and large profits
Added: 17 Jul 2001
Biodiesel fuel containing soy oil can be safely blended with noncommercial jet fuel used in militar…