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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…