Chemistry

화장품 속 '사라지지 않는 유해 화학물질'의 분해 가능성 발견

'PFAS(과불화화합물)'은 주로 계면활성제 등으로 일상에서 널리 사용되는 화학물질이지만, 분해되지 않고 환경과 인체 내 잔류한다는 사실이 밝혀지면서 '사라지지 않는 화학물질'로도 불린다. 그런데 지난 18일(현지시간) 처음으로 이 PFAS를 저비용으로 분해하는 방법이 제시됐다.

Water chemistry choices and how they affect supply chains and sustainability

Jose Manuel Gonzalez of Univar Solutions discusses some of the material covered in his recent webinar for Water Technology, titled "The Impact of Water Chemistry Choices on Supply Chains and Sustainability.

Residents in Livingston, Ascension parishes express concern over new chemical plant heading their way

LAKE MAUREPAS, La. (WAFB) - A chemical company based in East Baton Rouge Parish called Air Products plans to build a new plant in Ascension Parish. The company’s clean energy plan is to pump carbon dioxide into the ground under Lake Maurepas rather than release it into the air. But folks in lower Livingston and Ascension Parishes said the news came to them without warning and without answers about how it will impact life on the water.

Organics challenge ammonia as hydrogen carriers