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Research by a team of Sandia chemists could impact worldwide efforts to produce clean, safe nuclear energy and reduce radioactive waste. The Sandia researchers have used metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to capture and remove volatile radioactive gas from spent nuclear fuel. “This is one of the first attempts to use a MOF for iodine capture,” said chemist Tina Nenoff of Sandia’s Surface and Interface Sciences Department. The discovery could be applied to nuclear fuel reprocessing or...
DES PLAINES, Ill., Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- UOP LLC, a Honeywell (NYSE: HON) company, announced today that its adsorbent ion exchange products are successfully being used by Toshiba Corporation and Shaw Global Services LLC for the cleanup of radiation-contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. The Simplified Active Water Retrieve and Recovery System (SARRY) is utilizing UOP IONSIV(TM) Ion Exchangers to remove and reduce radioactive materials...
Researchers design a self-assembling material that can house other moleculesChemical reactions happen all of the time: some things burn or rust, others react to light exposure--even batteries use chemical reactions to supply electricity. One of the big challenges chemists continually face is finding new ways to control these reactions or create conditions that promote desirable reactions and limit undesirable ones.Recently, researchers at New York University demonstrated an ability to make...
HOLLYWOOD, Fla., May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida based eWize Marketing 4U, a company that specializes in consumer driven niche products including the brand Zeelytes(TM) announced today they are contributing a percentage of every Zeelytes unit sold to help the relief efforts in Japan. Zeolites are considered to be one of the premier commercial all natural absorbents in the world and are now available for home use through their website http://www.zeelytes.com/ and certain retail outlets....
Freeslate workflow accelerates research in catalyst synthesis for energy and chemical development. Sunnyvale, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) March 15, 2011 Freeslate, Inc., the leading provider of high-throughput solutions that enable step-change gains in R&D productivity and innovation, today announced it has successfully installed a high throughput workflow at China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Corp.) to support research and development in the area of zeolite catalysts. This...
DALLAS, February 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new market research report, 'Global Refinery Catalyst Market - FCC ,HTC , HCC by units, geography, ingredients and applications (2010 - 2015)' ( http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/refinery-catalyst-advanced-te chnologies-and-global-market-84.html), published by MarketsandMarkets (http://www.marketsandmarkets.com), the total global refinery catalyst market is expected to be worth US$3.4 billion by 2015 . The global...
Desert's Sand Cat litter is all natural, eliminates all odors. Tucson, AZ (PRWEB) December 18, 2010 An innovative Arizona corporation has launched a product that it calls a bio-scientific breakthrough in the $1.8-billion a year cat litter business. First appearing on retailers' shelves in November, Desert's Sandâ„¢ cat litter is different from other competitors: its all-natural volcanic ash based product (Zeolite) absorbs urine and renders both urine and feces completely odorless....
A cool, freshly drawn beer "“ for many a person this is the greatest of pleasures. But, in fact, a bad conscience should haunt us when we drink beer as it is among the most energy-intensive foodstuffs during production. Brewing engineers from the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) are working hard to improve the energy balance of the amber beverage. They are looking into a new process combination that would allow energy savings of up to 20% during brewing. The Weihenstephan scientists...
A team of researchers, led by chemical engineering and materials science professor Michael Tsapatsis in the University of Minnesota's Institute of Technology, have developed a more energy-efficient method of chemical separations that could revolutionize processes in the petrochemical and biofuels industries. The new discovery is published in the July 31 issue of Science, a leading journal of scientific research published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.The ability...
GLEN ALLEN, Va., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new research report from NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm based here, global demand for catalysts used in the refining industry is set to grow to about $3.7 billion in 2011 and then go on to reach $4.8 billion in 2015, as the price of petroleum begins to increase once more under new inflationary economic pressures and environmental demands. Additional details about the report can be found on the firm's website at...
