Additive Blooming: Origins, Detection, and Control in Polymer Processing

The Accelerating Rate Calorimeter (ARC) has been the benchmark adiabatic safety calorimeter for more than 30 years. Devised by Dow Chemical Company in the 1970s, an explosion at a Dow UK site led to commercialization of ARC technology.

Before marketing a new chemical, the manufacturer/importer, in order to meet the various national and international legal requirements, has to submit information in the form of a notification or registration (e.g. phys-chem, toxicological, ecotoxicological data) to support each Government’s risk assessment to determine whether the substance poses an unreasonable risk to the environment and/or human health. Some countries require pre-manufacture/import notification while for many jurisdictions, the chemical notification process is a tiered system requiring subsequent notifications as the annual amount of the imported or manufactured substance increases. Further, there are expanding global initiatives to assess chemicals already in the marketplace and subsequently take action on any chemicals found to be harmful to human health and/or the environment.

As a tool for elemental analyses ED-XRF and ICP-OES are the instruments of choice for process control, since they provide the versatility, precision and sensitivity, robustness, uptime and ease of use.

MAVERICK Technologies and Rockwell Automation have a lot of best-in-class approaches to managing DCS migration projects in the chemical industry. This webinar is a continuation from a previous webinar that addresses the justification and scope associated with a DCS migration project. Speakers Gordon Bordelon – Rockwell Automation and Lee Swindler – MAVERICK Technologies will discuss areas of high risk around cost, scope-creep and schedule overruns. They'll also explore ways to mitigate risks during project execution.