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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…

VOC directive heralds change for UV curable wood coatings

Added: 17 Jul 2001

The EU Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) directive will have a dramatic effect on the pricing structu…