Acids

Companies Acids

Merck KGaA, Germany

We are a vibrant science and technology company. Science is at the heart of everything we do. It drives the discoveries we make and the technologies we create. We make a positive difference to millions of people’s lives every day. Our constant curiosity and specialist approach drive our partne more

abcr GmbH, Germany

abcr. Gute Chemie. Your competent partner for the procurement of chemicals for science, research and industry for over 25 years. Versatile range in customized units from grams to tonnes and, therefore, ideally adapted to your processes. More than 250,000 products quickly and simply available in th more

Fisher Scientific GmbH, Germany

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual sales of more than $30 billion. Our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life science research, solving complex analytical challenges more

Products Acids

Metal-free Acid Purification System for Laboratories

Ultra-pure acid for the daily need ✓ Cost savings Less contaminations ✓ Less contaminations more

Responding to the COVID-19 Outbreak The Fisher Scientific channel keeps science moving forward

A comprehensive product offering ✓ Bringing you the best solution in this critical period ✓ A responsive sales team to answer your questions ✓ more

Purer than pure: Make your ultra pure acids yourself – for trace analyses you can trust

Sub-boiling systems to purify solvents and clean vessels ✓ Produce ultra pure solvents for ultra-trace analysis simply and cost-effectively ✓ Distillation and evaporation ✓ more

News Acids

• OQ Chemicals Invests in Capacity Expansion to Support Carboxylic Acids Market
  

  The global chemical company OQ Chemicals further expands its production capacity for carboxylic acids. The company has invested in an optimization and debottlenecking project for precursors at its plants in Germany. Structural work has already commenced, with completion planned before the end of the more

• Elusive carbonic acid: it really exists!
  

  The existence of carbonic acid has long been the subject of debate: theoretically real, but practically impossible to detect. That is because the compound decomposes at the Earth’s surface. A German-Chinese team of researchers working at the FRM II Research Neutron Source at the Technical University more

• Storing hydrogen fuel in salts — a step toward ‘cleaner’ energy production
  

  Hydrogen gas could someday replace fossil fuels as a “clean” energy source, producing only water and energy. However, handling large quantities of gaseous hydrogen is cumbersome, and converting it to a liquid requires vessels that can withstand extremely high pressures. Now, researchers reporting in more

Videos Acids

Why is Olive Oil Awesome?

Whether you sop it up with bread or use it to boost your cooking, olive oil is awesome. But a lot of chemistry goes on in that bottle that can make or break a product. Take the “extra virgin” standard: Chemistry tells us that a higher free-fatty-acid content leads to a lower grade, less tasty oi ... more

White papers Acids

• Life Science Toolbox for UV/VIS Spectroscopy
  

  UV/VIS Spectrophotometry has become a standard method used on a daily basis in many life science laboratories more

• Diluted HNO3 as Green Chemistry Reagent for Sample Preparation
  

  The efficiency of diluted acids for digestion of organic samples was tested as an alternative to common digestion procedures more

Infographics Acids

A Guide to the Different Types of Fat

Fat is an important nutrient in our diets, but there’s a lot of talk of different types of fats, and whether these types are beneficial or harmful to our health. These different fat classifications have their roots in chemistry – and chemistry can also help explain their effects. This graphic takes more

Functional Groups in Organic Compounds

A functional group in chemistry is the part of the molecule that gives it its particular reactivity; simple molecules that contain the same functional group in their structure can be expected to react in similar ways. More complicated chemical molecules may contain more than one functional group wit more

A Guide to Oxidation Reactions of Alcohols

Today’s post is a quick one  with a look at alcohol oxidation reactions. This graphic tries to provide a basic summary of the reagents used, equipment required, and ways of identifying the products formed. A prominence is given to sodium and potassium dichromate as oxidising agents, despite the fact more

q&more articles Acids

• Diet, gut microbiota and host lipid metabolism
  

  Nature provides an enormous diversity of lipid molecules that originate from various pathways. Fatty acids are key modules for various lipids, including cell membrane lipids such as phospholipids or triacylglycerols, which are the major components of lipid droplets. Excess lipids or defects in lipid metabolism are associated with diseases such as metabolic syndrome. more

• Food ingredients from sunflowers
  

  Sunflowers are grown primarily to produce vegetable oil. What remains after producing sunflower oil is a press cake which, despite its high nutritional value, is generally used only as animal feed. An innovative development process as part of the “SmartProSun” project has aimed to increase the value of such press cakes. more

• Highly specific aptamers for analytics and therapeutics
  

  DNA and RNA aptamers are high-affinity, nucleotide-based binding molecules which, as an alternative to antibodies, are already being widely used in analytics, diagnostics and therapeutics. The generation of new aptamers and their industrial implementation opens up new potentials for a wide range of application areas. more