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Chemical Management

Topsoe | January 12, 2023

Topsoe A/S, a leading global developer and supplier of catalysts, decarbonization technology, and services for the energy transition, and Fidelis New Energy, LLC, a Houston-based climate-positive infrastructure company, recently announced entering into a global alliance for technology used in the production of neutral carbon hydrogen. The alliance combines Topsoe's hydrogen process suite with FidelisH2TM technology to reduce carbon emissions during hydrogen production. The c...

Sciencedaily | August 31, 2020

Ethylene is the most important chemical precursor for ethanol and polyethylene and is mainly produced by steam cracking. Although the ethylene fraction is usually very pure (more than 99%), remaining traces of acetylene contaminants can destroy the catalysts used in downstream processes. As ethylene and acetylene are very similar and only differ in the amount of hydrogen atoms -- ethylene has four hydrogen atoms bound to two carbon atoms, acetylene has two -- the separation of both gases is elab...

Daily Democrat | March 17, 2020

California’s rush to detect new cases of COVID-19 has been slowed by shortages of a key chemical needed to conduct the diagnostic tests, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday. And because of this shortage, the federal government has restrictions on who gets tested, even as the cases and deaths mount. “My great concern is we could be testing a lot more people,” said Newsom. California now has 8,227 test kits sent by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, he said. The kit...

Chemical Management

Aterian Investment Partners | June 06, 2022

Aterian Investment Partners has combined U.S. Zinc and EverZinc, two of the largest global producers of zinc chemical products, to form the pre-eminent global zinc chemistry business. The combined company will operate under the EverZinc name, and will be headquartered in Houston, Texas. The company will support high value markets, such as personal care, alkaline, storage and rechargeable batteries, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, textiles, agriculture, feed, paints and coatings, and rubber and serve...