Chemistry

Plastics are adaptable and have desirable packaging properties such as flexibility, durability, and affordability. Plastic production has increased over the years, raising concerns about single-use…

Methyl nitrate, with the chemical formula CH3NO3, is the methyl ester of nitric acid. It is a colorless, volatile, explosive liquid. It takes the form…

The demand for clean energy has never been greater, resulting in a global race to develop new technologies as alternatives to fossil fuels. Fuel cells…

Polyacrylonitrile (PAN), commonly known as polyvinyl cyanide and Creslan 61, is a synthetic resin made from acrylonitrile polymerization. It has the linear formula (C3H3N)n and…

Mannitol hexanitrate is a highly explosive substance. It is a type of monosaccharide. It is an explosive crystalline ester C6H8(NO3)6 formed by nitration of mannitol…

Ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA), sometimes known as poly ethylene-vinyl acetate (PEVA), is a thermoplastic that is very elastic and strong, with great clarity and gloss and no…

Ethylene glycol dinitrate, also known as nitroglycol, is a chemical compound that is a colorless, oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating ethylene glycol. It is…

Vinyl acetate is a colorless, transparent liquid, and it is an organic chemical with the formula CH3CO2CH=CH2. Polyvinyl acetate, an essential commercial polymer, is made from…

Erythritol tetranitrate (ETN) is a chemically similar explosive compound to PETN, though it is thought to be slightly more sensitive to friction and impact. Each…

In the United States, polyvinyl acetate (PVA, PVAc, poly(ethenyl ethanoate)) is a synthetic resin made by polymerizing vinyl acetate. It is often known as wood…

According to the Bancroft rule, “the continuous phase is the phase in which an emulsifier is more soluble.” Wilder Dwight Bancroft, an American physical chemist,…

Nitroglycerin is a nitroglycerol that is glycerol with nitro groups replacing the hydrogen atoms of all three hydroxy groups. It is a dense, colorless, oily,…