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C&EN Global Top 50 - Chemical & Engineering News
WEBSources: Company documents, C&EN analysis. Note: Some figures were converted at 2022 average exchange rates of US$1.00 = 5.1605 Brazilian reais, 6.729 Chinese yuan, 0.9493 euros, 78.5792 Indian ...
2021 Ig Nobel Prizes - Chemical & Engineering News
WEBSep 9, 2021 · Two Ig Nobels were awarded for that most pedestrian of activities—being a pedestrian. This year’s Physics Prize went to researchers who conducted “experiments to learn why pedestrians do not ...
30 years of moving atoms: How scanning probe microscopes …
WEBFor 22 h over Nov. 9 and 10, 1989, Donald M. Eigler and Erhard K. Schweizer used the ultrasharp tip of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) to pick up 35 xenon atoms and spell IBM in 5 nm tall ...
How peracetic acid is changing wastewater treatment
WEBApr 19, 2020 · 16,000 municipal wastewater plants in the US treat 45 billion L of sewage each day. 90% of peracetic acid’s disinfection activity happens in the first minute. Peracetic acid is a stronger ...
C&EN’s top 50 US chemical producers for 2021
WEBMay 10, 2021 · Dow is once again the largest US chemical maker. In 2020, its first full year after splitting from DowDuPont, the company initiated a round of cost cutting, partly because of financial pressures ...
C&EN’s top 50 US chemical producers for 2022
WEBMay 9, 2022 · By and large, chemical companies kept up with the rising costs, and then some. Combined operating profits at the 45 top firms that report such figures for their chemical businesses rose a ...
The biodegradable polymer PBAT is hitting the big time
WEBSep 19, 2021 · Marc Verbruggen, former CEO of the PLA maker NatureWorks and now an independent consultant, considers PBAT the “cheapest and easiest way to make a bioplastics product.”He sees it emerging as ...
Electrolyzers: The tools to turn hydrogen green
WEBJul 2, 2023 · Electrolyzers are the electrochemical cells that split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The systems occupy an industrial niche today but may be a crucial part of how the chemical industry and ...
What is hand sanitizer, and does it keep your hands germ-free?
WEBMar 23, 2020 · In early 2020, as the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, spread, hand sanitizer sales began to grow. By March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially upgraded the outbreak ...