Nanotube membranes offer possibility of cheaper desalination

22-May-2006 - Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have created a membrane made of carbon nanotubes and silicon that may offer, among many possible applications, a less expensive desalinization. The nanotubes are hollow and more than 50,000 times thinner than a human hair. Billions of these ...

Air Products Signs Two Major Gas Contracts in Asia

11-May-2006 - Air Products announced that its subsidiary in Taiwan, Air Products San Fu Gas Co. Ltd., has signed major contracts with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) to serve their facilities located in Tainan Science Industrial Park (TSIP). Air Products San ...

BOC and SPC to form industrial gases joint venture in Shanghai, China

02-May-2006 - BOC and Shanghai Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (SPC), a subsidiary of Sinopec Group, have signed an agreement to form a 50/50 industrial gases joint venture (JV) and entered into a contract to supply industrial gases to SPC and nearby users in Shanghai, China. The JV, BOC-SPC Gases Company Ltd., will ...

Scott Specialty Gases publishes 4th edition of their popular handbook for design and safe operation of gas delivery systems

Handbook as free download

26-Apr-2006 - Scott Specialty Gases has updated their Design & Safety Handbook for Specialty Gas Delivery Systems. The new 4th edition is available as a downloadable PDF document, complete with internal links. A free printed version of the 42- page handbook is also available. Scott's Design & Safety ...

Praxair Builds Peak-Shaving Hydrogen Storage System

26-Apr-2006 - Praxair, Inc. is constructing a hydrogen storage facility to enable peak shaving, which will be the first of its kind in the industrial gases industry. Located in Liberty County, Texas, the facility will utilize an underground storage cavern. The peak-shaving system will be integrated with ...

Environmental Recognition Award for Praxair

18-Apr-2006 - Praxair, Inc. received an Environmental Recognition Award from the Compressed Gas Association (CGA). The award recognized an innovative propylene recovery project that went beyond regulatory requirements. In mid-2005, investigations following a fire at Praxair's St. Louis facility revealed a ...

Praxair China Signs 15-Year Supply Deal with Lianzhong (Guangzhou) Stainless Steel

12-Apr-2006 - Praxair China has entered into a new long-term agreement with Lianzhong (Guangzhou) Stainless Steel Corp. (Lianzhong) for the supply of oxygen, nitrogen and argon to its stainless steel works, which is under construction in the Guangzhou Economic and Technology Development Zone (GETDD). Praxair ...

'March Madness' effects observed in ultracold gases

03-Apr-2006 - Physicists at Harvard University, George Mason University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered new quantum effects in ultracold gases that may lead to improved understanding of electrical conductivity in metals. In work presented at the March meeting of ...

Modeling the Chemical Reactions of Nanoparticles

29-Mar-2006 - As science enters the world of the very small, researchers will be searching for new ways to study nanoparticles and their properties. For the past several years, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have been experimenting with new methods for preparing ...

Brenntag Oil & Gas Europe has recently been SCC** certified by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance for its HSE working procedure

07-Mar-2006 - Brenntag Oil & Gas Europe has recently been SCC** certified by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance for its HSE working procedures. SCC**, which stands for Safety Checklist Contractors, is an international safety checklist to demonstrate that a contractor is in compliance with key requirements ...