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TNT could be headed for retirement after 116 years on the job

18-Jun-2018 - Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, Maryland have developed a novel “melt-cast” explosive material that could be a suitable replacement for Trinitrotoluene, more commonly known as TNT. “The Army and the Laboratory, through the Joint ...

explosives explosives detection material science +7
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New membrane reactors supply "green" raw materials for chemical industry

15-Jun-2018 - In the future, closed carbon loops play an important role to drastically reduce carbon dioxide emissions and ensure safe and cost-effective access to carbon sources as the basis for products of the chemical industry. In order to increase the efficiency and thus profitability of the synthesis ...

hydrogen membrane reactors Methanol +2

AkzoNobel building demo plant for breakthrough ethylene amines technology

14-Jun-2018 - AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals has broken ground for a demonstration plant to showcase a revolutionary and more sustainable technology platform for producing ethylene amines and their derivatives from ethylene oxide. Located at its Stenungsund site in Sweden, the facility marks the next step ...

amines building blocks chemicals +5
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A new type of optical ceramic material

12-Jun-2018 - The new type of optical ceramics was designed by scientists' team of the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) under Denis Yu. Kosyanov, Ph.D., senior researcher of the School of Natural Sciences (FEFU). The scientific and technical results of the work were published. A patent application was ...

ceramics neodymium synthesis
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Reaction calorimetry in microreactors

12-Jun-2018 - At Achema 2018 the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology will demonstrate the latest gen-eration of continuous reaction calorimeters. These permit rapid screening of thermokinetic data, making kinetic constants and safety-relevant data available in the early stages of process ...

calorimeters microreactors process development +4
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Self-sustaining loop of chemical reactions could revolutionize drug production

07-Jun-2018 - Experts from the University of Nottingham have created a self-sustaining circuit of reactions which is a greener and more efficient method of chemical production. Drs Francesca Paradisi and Martina Contente of the University of Nottingham produce chemicals more efficiently through a looped set of ...

alcohols automated synthesis biocatalysis +10
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A splash of detergent makes catalytic compounds more powerful

05-Jun-2018 - Researcher David Rosenberg examines images of a white powder under a powerful scanning electron microscope. Up close, the powder looks like coarse gravel, a heap of similar but irregular chunks. Then he looks at a second image — the same material produced by colleague Hongyou Fan instead of ...

catalysts chemical reactions detergents +5
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A path to sustainable and biodegradable polyesters

04-Jun-2018 - There's a good chance you've touched something made out of the polyolefin polymer today. It's often used in polyethylene products like plastic bags or polypropylene products like diapers. As useful as polyolefins are in society, they continue to multiply as trash in the environment. Scientists ...

biodegradable polymers biopolymers catalysts +24
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Lego-like chemical building blocks self-assemble into catalyst for hydrogen fuel cells

04-Jun-2018 - What's better than platinum? In hydrogen fuel cells, the answer is cofacial cobalt porphyrins. It's a mouthful to say, and if you're not a chemist, you've probably never heard of these compounds before. But these molecules -- which are great at facilitating a chemical reaction that's needed to ...

building blocks cobalt complexes +8
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Novel method to fabricate nanoribbons from speeding nano droplets

28-May-2018 - An international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has discovered a novel method for the synthesis of ultrathin semiconductors. This is a unique growth mechanism, which yielded nanoscopic semiconductor ribbons that are only a few atoms thick. This breakthrough has been jointly conducted ...

2D materials chemical vapor deposition chemical vapour deposition +11