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• Dow To Close Chlor-Alkali Facility and Polyethylene Plant in Canada

  Dow Chemical Canada Inc. announced that the global Chlor-Alkali and Chlor-Vinyl businesses will close their chlor-alkali and direct chlorination ethylene dichloride (DC-EDC) production facilities at Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta by October 31, 2006. The facilities produce chlorine, caustic soda, hydrog more

• Contract for first industrial-scale EDC plant using new Vinnolit-Uhde boiling reactor technology

  Uhde GmbH has been awarded a contract by the Belgian chemical company Limburgse Vinyl Maatschappij NV (LVM), a member of the Tessenderlo group, for a new ethylene dichloride (EDC) plant using the innovative new Vinnolit-Uhde boiling reactor technology. The plant will be built at LVM's site in Tessen more

• WACKER SPECIALTIES and Jülich Fine Chemicals cooperate in the Field of Chiral Alcohols

  In the future, WACKER SPECIALTIES and JFC (Jülich Fine Chemicals) will be collaborating in the area of biocatalytic ketone-compound reduction to chiral alcohols. The driving forces behind the cooperation are satisfaction of customer requirements in the dynamically developing chiral technology market more

Infographics Chlorination

The Chemistry Behind Your Home’s Water Supply

We take for granted the water that comes out of the taps in our home when we turn them on – but a lot of work goes into getting it there. Chemistry, too, has a hand in making sure that the water is safe to drink. Here, we take a look at the water treatment process, and in particular the chemicals us more

Chlorination & Pee in the Pool

Swimming pools are a brilliant way of cooling off during a hot summer. Of course, this isn’t a particularly original idea, and hundreds of people might use a particular pool every day. Chemistry is on hand to help prevent us from swimming in water that harbours potential water-borne infections. It c more