Using Polymer Recycling Building Blocks
Polymer recycling can be defined as activities that can recover matter and/or energy from post-consumer plastics. Polymer recycling options range from mechanical recycling to chemical…
Chemistry
Returning to Photosynthesis’s Future
Photosynthesis is the process of converting chemical compounds into food by using sunlight. The majority of the chemical energy that flows through the biosphere is…
Batteries Devoid of Essential Raw Materials
Batteries are portable energy storage devices. They provide power to our headlamps, lanterns, GPS devices, cameras, music players, and other devices. The ideal battery will…
Understanding the Operation of Rechargeable Aqueous Zinc Batteries
A zinc-carbon battery is a type of dry cell primary battery that generates direct electric current through the electrochemical reaction of zinc and manganese dioxide…
Water-splitting Catalyst Advancements
Engineers have created a stable water-splitting catalyst for clean hydrogen generation that could eventually replace costly iridium catalysts. Developing a hydrogen economy is no easy…
Uranyl Hydroxide – a Hydroxide of Uranium
Uranyl hydroxide is a uranium hydroxide with the chemical formula UO2(OH)2 in monomeric form and (UO2)2(OH)4 in dimeric form, both of which can exist in…
New Information on the Oldest Carbon in the Ocean
Using a newly developed technique, researchers have ruled out a potential source of ancient dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the world’s oceans. DOM is organic…
Separating Plutonium and Uranium using Photochemistry
A team of researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory has developed a way to use photochemistry to separate plutonium and uranium—work that could make it…
Production of Ethylene by Cations
Why is ethylene referred to as the bread and butter of industries? This colorless gas serves as the feedstock for various petrochemical products such as…
Researchers Make a Crucial Advancement in Plastics Recycling
Researchers including an Oregon State University College of Engineering faculty member have taken a key step toward greatly expanding the range of plastics that can…
The Core-sheath Pillar Architecture Detects Nitro-explosives
It is difficult to design an artificial structure that outperforms the sensitivity, selectivity, and speed of an animal’s olfaction system. Researchers from the Chinese Academy…
Benzaldehyde – Properties and Occurrences
Benzaldehyde (C6H5CHO) is an organic chemical that is made when the hydrogen in benzene is replaced with an aldehyde. It is the simplest aromatic aldehyde…
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