Chemie.DE Newsletter No. 02/2010, 01/20/2010

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Thermal Analysis: A new generation of Differential Scanning Calorimeters (DSC)
PerkinElmer is introducing four new Differential Scanning Calorimeters providing you with needs-based solutions ; whether you are checking the temperature-dependent behavior of materials for quality control, to improve existing products, analyze competitive products, drive research projects or to optimize your manufacturing process...

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SigmaPlot 11- Exact Graphs and Data Analysis
SigmaPlot - the fastest way to analyse and graph data
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Fully automated! From the start to the measured value:AP 3800 multi laboratory robot
The AP 3800 multi laboratory robot carries carries out total water analysis procedures, including sample preparation. Even when a digestion step is needed. The basic version incorporates the pre-programmed LANGE cuvette tests for COD, Total Phosphorus, Total Nitrogen, Ammonium, Nitrate and Nitrite...

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A world of flexibility : BIOS ANALYTIQUE Rental Solutions
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Do you need to generate your own GC calibration gas standards?
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Standalone dynamic light scattering detection with cuvettes or with platereader
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Wireless Communication for JULABO Temperature Control Instruments
Wireless Monitoring and Control of JULABO Temperature Control, Instruments via PC or Remote Control
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IR Spectra Interpretation for laboratory and routine analysis
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The FRITSCH Cutting Mills with Cyclone separator: unlocks new possibilities, which otherwise would not be possible...
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Chemistry News

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Latest News from Chemistry, Analysis and Chemical Engineering from 01/13/2010 to 01/19/2010

Harnessing the divas of the nanoworld
Michigan Tech scientist grows nano-fields of BNNTs
01/19/2010 - Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) are the divas of the nanoworld. In possession of alluring properties, they are also notoriously temperamental compared to their carbon-based cousins.
On the plus sid...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111946/

Lonza streamlines its operations in chemical manufacturing
Closure of Riverside, Shawinigan and Wokingham sites
01/19/2010 - End of October 2009 Lonza Group Ltd announced its intention to adjust the organization to the more volatile market environment, to reduce fixed cost in the range of CHF 60-80 million in the next 18-24...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111943/

Scott Bader Joins New UK Project Group To Discover Alternative Composites Production
01/19/2010 - The North East Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC) is leading a new sustainable resources project group, made up of industrial companies in the UK plus research academics from Surrey, Teesside and Newcas...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112002/

Reichhold Announces Price Increase on Unsaturated Polyester Resins and Vinyl Ester Resins Sold in North America
01/19/2010 - Reichhold, Inc. announced price increases of $0.06 per pound on all unsaturated polyester resins and $0.09 per pound on all vinyl ester resins sold in North America for the composites industry. This i...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111957/

Iowa State researchers part of $78 million national effort to develop advanced biofuels
01/19/2010 - Two teams of Iowa State University researchers will receive a total of $8 million over three years from a $78 million U.S. Department of Energy program to research and develop advanced biofuels.
Vi...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111945/

Scripps Research team wins global race to achieve landmark synthesis of perplexing natural product
Compound's complexity had confounded chemists since discovery in 1993
01/18/2010 - In 1993 researchers discovered a chemical compound in a sponge off Palau, an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, that has shown anticancer, antibacterial, and antifungal pharmaceutical promise. But th...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111899/

DuPont and BASF Announce Settlement
01/18/2010 - DuPont and BASF Plant Science announced they have reached an agreement on a patent infringement dispute.
In June 2009, DuPont and BASF filed suit against each other in U.S. Federal Court in the Dis...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111897/

BASF and Linde cooperate: Flue gas carbon dioxide capture
01/18/2010 - BASF and Linde-KCA-Dresden GmbH (LKCA), a Linde Group subsidiary, will jointly market licenses and plants for the capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from flue gases in the future. The companies signed th...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111933/

Albemarle Announces Strategic Supply Agreement And Settlement & Cross-License Agreement With Chemtura
01/18/2010 - Albemarle Corporation announced that it has entered into a series of strategic agreements with Chemtura Corporation. The parties entered into a long-term supply agreement under which Albemarle will su...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111898/

Ozone detection
01/15/2010 - Researchers in Freiburg have developed a highly-sensitive, miniaturized mobile ozone sensor which can be used not only in air, but also in water and in the vicinity of explosive gases.
The Fraunhof...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111818/

BASF brings world scale plant for sustainable chelating agent Trilon M on stream ahead of schedule
ASF expands annual global production capacity for chelating agents to 120,000 tonnes
01/15/2010 - After 18 months of construction, the new plant expansion for BASF's chelating agent Trilon® M has now been brought on stream at the BASF site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Expansion of the Trilon M plant ...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111824/

Agrium enters into Agreement to supply urea for production of Diesel Exhaust Fluid
01/15/2010 - Agrium Inc. announced that it has entered into an exclusive agreement to supply Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) grade prilled urea from its Borger, Texas nitrogen facility for the production of DEF with Ol...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111814/

Chaperones for climate protection
The protein Rubisco locks up carbon dioxide
01/15/2010 - The World Climate Conference recently took place. Reports about carbon dioxide levels, rising temperatures and melting glaciers appear daily. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute (MPI) of Biochemi...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111817/

Wacker to consolidate production of pyrogenic silica
Kempten Site Closure Planned For 2011
01/15/2010 - Wacker Chemie AG announced that it is consolidating pyrogenic silica production in the context of previously announced structural improvement measures at its WACKER SILICONES division. As a result, Wa...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111886/

Huntsman Announces Chinese Polyols Joint Venture with Jurong Ningwu Chemical Company
01/14/2010 - The Polyurethanes division of Huntsman Corporation announced the creation of a new, China-based, joint venture with Jurong Ningwu Chemical Co. Ltd, to research, develop, manufacture and sell base poly...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111813/

REACH Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern for Authorisation Grows
01/14/2010 - The European Chemicals Agency has added 14 chemical substances to the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) for authorisation. Companies manufacturing or importing these substances ...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111781/

Dr. Stefan Beckmann is the new head of Care Chemicals and Formulators Europe at BASF
01/14/2010 - Since January 1, 2010 Dr. Stefan Beckmann has been head of the Care Chemicals and Formulators Europe unit at BASF. He succeeds Dr. Friedrich Seitz, who will be taking charge of BASF’s Competence Cente...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111739/

New Head of the Care Specialties business unit of Evonik
01/14/2010 - As of January 1, 2010 Dr. Dietmar Moll, previously head of the Skin Care Product Line of Evonik Stockhausen GmbH, has taken charge of the Care Specialties business line of Evonik.
After completing ...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111737/

Singh named to lead Ashland Performance Materials operations in India
01/14/2010 - Vivek Kumar Singh has been named general manager in India for Ashland Performance Materials, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., effective Feb. 1. He will fill the position formerly held by Bharat Chh...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111736/

'Nanodragster' races toward the future of molecular machines
01/13/2010 - Scientists in Texas are reporting the development of a "nanodragster" that may speed the course toward development of a new generation of futuristic molecular machines. The vehicle - only 1/50,000th t...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111734/

Zeon Increases Global Nitrile Capacity
01/13/2010 - To increase NBR capacity, Zeon Corp. in Japan is investing $1 million dollars to improve production procedures at its acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) production facility in Tokuyama. The improvem...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111695/

Chemical engineering medal winners announced
01/13/2010 - An international line-up of chemical engineers has been recognised by IChemE (the Institution of Chemical Engineers) in its 2009 medals programme. The IChemE medals are presented every year to recogni...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111697/

Eastman Increases OXO Alcohols Prices on February 1
01/13/2010 - Eastman Chemical Company is increasing prices on the following products effective Feb. 1, or as contracts allow. These increases are due to elevated operating costs, particularly in raw materials.
...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111694/

Quantum computer calculates exact energy of molecular hydrogen
Groundbreaking approach could impact fields from cryptography to materials science
01/13/2010 - In an important first for a promising new technology, scientists have used a quantum computer to calculate the precise energy of molecular hydrogen. This groundbreaking approach to molecular simulatio...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/111696/

Catalogues and Brochures

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Laboratory meters catalogue: pH meters with electrode and user recognition
The Lab and ProLab ph meters from SCHOTT Instruments
The 24 page catalogue presents the Lab Series of pH and conductivity meters, the ProLab Series of high end pH and multimeters and the ID electrodes especially developed for automatic sensor recognition with these instruments...

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Valves, Fittings, Tubing etc. for Chromatography
With the VICI Valco/Cheminert and the VICI Jour catalogues VICI covers the complete range of valves and consumables for Chromatography, FIA, SFE and SFC...

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KCL-protective gloves - highest protection for your staff members!
KCL - Germany's leading manufacturer in protective gloves - looks back on 75 years of experience. KCL is the innovator of a TüV-approved protective glove concept and can recommend gloves for over 200.000 different dangerous substances. Please find our current catalogue of protective gloves for all areas of danger here...

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