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A new PET resin

Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6519-549) has launched its next-generation PET (polyethylene terephthalate) resin, tradenamed ParaStar, which is made using the company’s proprietary IntegRex technology (CE, October 2004, p. 15). ParaStar is a drop-in replacement for standard PET on bottle-manufacturing…

Stay-clean surfaces

Surfaces treated with Top on Top — a new surface refinement technology developed by Degussa AG (Düsseldorf, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6519-552) — are easy to clean and remain clean for months, according to Degussa. The product consists of two components that when…

FG treatment

American Municipal Power-Ohio (AMP-Ohio; Columbus) plans to use the emissions-control technology of Powerspan Corp. (Portsmouth, N.H.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6519-550) on the proposed AMO Generating Station Project. The project — a 1,000 MW pulverized-coal power plant — is under development near the Ohio…

Purifying refinery gas

BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6519-551) has commercialized specialty amino-acid salt formulations that are specially designed for the purification of highly aggressive gas streams at petroleum refineries. PuraTreat R formulations can be used to remove hydrogen sulfide and — if necessary…

Vacuum insulation

At Glasstec 2006 (Düsseldorf, Germany; October 24–28), the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research (ISC; Würzburg, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6519-553) unveiled a prototype for a new vacuum-insulated window that promises to save energy. The window — consisting of two glass panes separated by…

Immobilizing uranium

Researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL; Richland, Wash.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6519-554) and their collaborators have discovered that certain microorganisms can be stimulated to bind uranium from soil when served ethanol for an hour per day. The microbes could be used to…

Tires filter wastewater

The mountains of used tires piling up around the world may be a source of a new filtration media that promises to be a cheaper and more efficient alternative to sand or anthracite, which are commonly used for filtering wastewater.…

Greenhouse-gas regulations are coming to chemicals

    When in 1997 a United Nations’ conference at Kyoto, Japan, called into being the Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), it seemed that greenhouse-gas emissions regulations were just around the corner. Not so fast, was the world’s answer.…

More For Your Money

    Portable and fixed detectors for toxic and flammable gases are offering more choice and better value for the money, say experts, thanks to technology developments and strong market competition. In Europe, competition triggered by consolidation in the last…

Required reading

Hardly a day goes by that there is not some story in the daily press related to climate change. This was especially true last month, due to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change taking place in Nairobi, Kenya (November…