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What did we learn from the Deepwater Horizon disaster?
Sep 13, 2020 · Sept. 19 marks 10 years since retired US Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, the national incident commander in charge of the Deepwater Horizon response, announced that the spill was over. Although ...
As nuclear waste piles up, scientists seek the best long-term …
Mar 30, 2020 · Scientists are studying glass samples to understand long-term corrosion of vitrified nuclear waste. These micrographs show the results of accelerated aging tests on two types of aluminosilicate ...
What chemicals make airbags inflate, and how have they changed …
Nov 15, 2022 · Yasuzaburou Kobori, a Japanese automobile engineer, solved the problem of creating a lot of gas very quickly in 1964. His ingenuous idea was to use a gas-generating chemical explosion to inflate ...
Electrolyzers: The tools to turn hydrogen green
Jul 2, 2023 · It projects that the US will eventually be the cheapest place to get green hydrogen, at $0.50–$1.80 per kilogram. Today, according to the recently released U.S. National Clean Hydrogen Strategy ...
C&EN’s top 50 US chemical producers for 2021
May 10, 2021 · Avient2021 chemical sales: $1.5 billion. Avient is a new name for an old company, PolyOne. The company made the change last July, when it closed its purchase of Clariant's masterbatch business for ...
A chemist’s guide to disinfectants - Chemical & Engineering News
May 1, 2020 · Hydrogen. peroxide. NaClO. Bleach. (sodium hypochlorite) How they work. By denaturing a virus’s proteins, disrupting its lipid envelope, and oxidizing sulfur bonds in proteins, enzymes, and ...
What is hand sanitizer, and does it keep your hands germ-free?
Mar 23, 2020 · In early 2020, as the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, spread, hand sanitizer sales began to grow. By March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially upgraded the outbreak ...
Hispanic and Latino chemists you should know about
Sep 16, 2021 · César Milstein. César Milstein was an Argentine Nobel laureate who studied enzymology and immunology. Milstein, born in 1927, is best remembered for his research in antibody production. In his ...
How peracetic acid is changing wastewater treatment
Apr 19, 2020 · Once a niche product, peracetic acid may soon challenge the dominance of chlorine in large swaths of the US wastewater treatment market. The global peracetic acid market was worth $650 million in ...