Latest Sulfur oxoacids Stories
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online An international team of researchers has discovered a surprising new chemical compound in Earth's atmosphere that reacts with sulfur dioxide to form sulfuric acid, which is known to have significant impacts on climate and health. The team, led by the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Helsinki, found that the new compound, a type of carbonyl oxide, is formed from the reaction of ozone with alkenes. Alkenes are a...
PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today its Chemetics® unit in Pickering, Ontario, Canada has been awarded a design and fabrication contract by El Dorado Chemical Company for three proprietary designed sulfuric acid coolers to be installed in the company's acid plant in El Dorado, Ark. Officials estimate the construction cost to El Dorado to be $700,000, with a Chemetics® contract value estimated at...
BEIJING, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Himfr.com, one of China's leading B2B search platforms with more than 30 B2B industry websites to its name, analyzes the Chinese sulfuric acid market. In November, the Chinese price of sulfuric acid as a whole experienced an upward trend. Now, 98% of sulfuric acid prices are 300 RMB/ton, increasing about 9.9% over October. The sulfuric acid market trends differ between North and South China. The overall rise in price in the North relies mainly...
Peter Mordaunt, Chairman and CEO of Stingray Copper Inc. ("Stingray")(TSX: SRY)(TSX: SRY.WT) reports that the Corporation has received independent cost estimate proposals for the construction of a commercial acid plant capable of producing sulfuric acid, a necessary operating requirement at the El Pilar oxide copper project located in Sonora, Mexico. In the metallurgical process being studied for the El Pilar project, sulfuric acid is used to leach the copper from the mined copper bearing...
The Associated Press PETROLIA, Pa. About 2,500 people who fled when a corrosive liquid overflowed from a tank at a chemical plant and evaporated were allowed to return home Sunday after authorities determined that no toxins remained in the air. A material called oleum, similar to sulfuric acid, leaked from a tank at the Indspec Chemical Corp. plant Saturday and evaporated into a toxic cloud, plant manager Dave Dorko said. All 30 employees of the plant in Petrolia, about 40 miles...
Thousands of western Pennsylvania residents returned home Sunday after a dangerous chemical was released from a nearby industrial facility, officials said. Three people were hospitalized and 2,500 residents of Karns City and Petrolia, Pa., about 60 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, were evacuated Saturday when a low-lying cloud containing the chemical oleum, similar to sulfuric acid, escaped from the Indspec Chemical Corp. plant in Petrolia, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. After...
PETROLIA, Pa. (AP) -- A corrosive liquid overflowed from a tank at a chemical plant in western Pennsylvania on Saturday, evaporating into a toxic cloud that snaked along the ground and forced about 2,500 to flee. At least three residents were believed to be injured. A material called oleum, similar to sulfuric acid, leaked from a tank at the Indspec Chemical Corp. plant in Petrolia, said plant manager Dave Dorko. Authorities were concerned about the potential for respiratory damage and skin...
