Industrial chemistry – Page 6
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PodcastMethyl isocyanate
The 1984 accident at Bhopal, India, was the worst in the history of industrial chemistry. It involved a leak of methyl isocyanate
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CareersMarine paint innovation
Nina Notman visits the AkzoNobel site in Gateshead and meets the scientists designing the next generation of environmentally-friendly marine paints
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FeaturePotash on a megascale
A new mine could produce up to 20 million tonnes of potash each year and provide 1000 jobs – but it’s in a national park. Michael Freemantle reports
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ResearchMolten salts put carbon dioxide to work
Scientists discover a simple way to form carbon–carbon bonds from carbon dioxide without using synthetic or biological catalysts
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ResearchNew process draws poison from nitrile production
Nickel and aluminium catalysts obviate need for explosive and toxic hydrogen cyanide used to make important precursors for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and agrochemicals
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ResearchIncredibly rare and unstable mineral shows catalytic clout
Georgeite shows promise as a catalyst precursor for the synthesis of methanol
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BusinessDow and DuPont mega-merger heralds break-up of giants
New firm will split itself in speciality, agrichemical and materials businesses with R&D taking a hit from cost savings
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ResearchMove over moonshine, here comes sunshine
New twist on distillation efficiently separates ethanol from water using light
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BusinessBuilding better bottles
Catalytic Technologies wants to replace antimony catalysts in polyester production with safer, more active titanium
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FeatureThe dream of zeolite design
Zeolites are important industrial catalysts, so why can’t chemists make them to order? Andrew Turley finds out
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PodcastCalcium hydroxide
It rendered walls of pyramids and helps remove unwanted hair - Brian Clegg introduces a compound with many names - Calcium hydroxide
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OpinionCatching the runaways
Exotherms in a plant require more than ice to avoid disaster, says Chemjobber
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FeatureA fixation with nitrogen
Despite decades of work to develop alternative ways to make ammonia, the Haber–Bosch process is here to stay, Mark Peplow discovers
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