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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…

Shell's in the Timor Sea

Added: 9 Aug 2001

Shell Development Australia (SDA) is proposing to use the world's first floating liquefied …

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…