A new method for synthesizing a promising magnetic material

24-Jan-2018 - Scientists from Siberian Federal University (SFU) together with their colleagues from the Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of Siberian Department of Russian Academy of Sciences and Kirensky Institute of Physics of Siberian Department of Russian Academy of Sciences used a new method ...

Catalyzing carbon dioxide

08-Dec-2017 - On any given day, more than 2 million pounds of carbon dioxide are pumped into the atmosphere from factories, emissions from cars and trucks and the burning of coal and natural gas to generate electricity. For many, it's a cause for environmental concern, but for Haotian Wang, it's the perfect ...

Reducing power plants' freshwater consumption with new silica filters

20-Oct-2017 - Power plants draw more freshwater than any other consumer in the United States, accounting for more than 50 percent of the nation's freshwater use at about 500 billion gallons daily. To help save this water, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a new silica filter for power ...

Textile dyeing without effluent

Reverse osmosis and ion exchange go hand in hand

14-Feb-2017 - Bleaching and dyeing textile fibers and fabrics without causing any environmental pollution through effluent may sound too good to be true. And yet “minimal liquid discharge” (MLD) and “zero liquid discharge” (ZLD) – i.e. the minimization or complete avoidance of liquid waste – are already a ...

Treated carbon pulls radioactive elements from water

20-Jan-2017 - Researchers at Rice University and Kazan Federal University in Russia have found a way to extract radioactivity from water and said their discovery could help purify the hundreds of millions of gallons of contaminated water stored after the Fukushima nuclear plant accident. They reported that ...

Physicists come up with a way to make cleaner fuel cells

05-Jan-2016 - An international group of scientists from Russia, France, and Germany have developed ion-exchange synthetic membranes based on amphiphilic compounds that are able to convert the energy of chemical reactions into electrical current. The new development could potentially be used in fuel cells, and ...

LANXESS expands ion exchange resin facilities at Leverkusen site

03-Apr-2013 - LANXESS is expanding its business in Leverkusen with solutions for water treatment. The company is investing around EUR 10 million in a new production line for weakly acidic cation exchange resins of the Lewatit premium brand, plus a state-of-the-art facility for food-grade-standard filling and ...

LANXESS becomes one-stop-source for water treatment solutions

Membrane filtration elements from Bitterfeld complement Lewatit ion exchange resins

21-Sep-2011 - On September 16, 2011, specialty chemicals company LANXESS has inaugurated its new production plant for membrane filtration elements in Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The state-of-the-art facility is additionally equipped with laboratories, logistics areas and offices in order to deliver ...