Chemie.DE Newsletter No. 04/2010, 02/03/2010

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Field-Flow-Fractionation, another method to separate difficult samples
Eclipse 3 AFFF System
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862 Compact Titrosampler - Unique in Size and Performance
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Automated Dynamic Headspace
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Chemistry News

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Latest News from Chemistry, Analysis and Chemical Engineering from 01/27/2010 to 02/02/2010

National Ignition Facility achieves unprecedented 1 megajoule shot
02/02/2010 - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced that scientists at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have successfully delivered an hi...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112506/

Better eco-efficiency of formates in gas drilling
02/02/2010 - Using cesium and potassium formates in completion fluids that stabilize boreholes in gas production is more eco-efficient than the application of brines based on zinc bromide, calcium bromide and calc...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112603/

How many argon atoms can fit on the surface of a carbon nanotube?
02/02/2010 - Phase transitions are an important part of life in our three-dimensional world. Now a team of scientists has devised a new way to explore how such phase transitions function in less than three dimensi...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112512/

Using magnetic toys as inspiration, researchers tease out structures of self-assembled clusters
Less symmetrical and more complex patterns occur due to entropy
02/02/2010 - Scientists have long studied how atoms and molecules structure themselves into intricate clusters. Unlocking the design secrets of Nature offers lessons in engineering artificial systems that could se...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112515/

Yara to sell Fosfertil shares
02/01/2010 - Yara has agreed with Vale to sell its shares in Fosfertil in Brazil for USD 785 million. Yara will also sell its stake in the Anitapolis phosphate rock project to Vale at the same time.
Yara owns d...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112504/

The Committee for Risk Assessment Agrees Opinions on Harmonised Classification and Labelling for Three Chemical Substances
02/01/2010 - The Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) of ECHA has adopted opinions on the proposals for classification and labelling across Europe of three chemical substances as carcinogen, mutagen or toxic for re...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112479/

Manuli Strech to expand its factory in Value Park Schkopau
02/01/2010 - Manuli Stretch Deutschland GmbH is expanding its factory in Dow Value Park at the Schkopau site and will invest a further € 21 million altogether in the period up to 2012. The number of employees wil...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112491/

AkzoNobel boosting innovative power of UK research hub
02/01/2010 - AkzoNobel is investing almost €10 million to further boost the innovative power of the UK site where performance coatings are developed. A fire protection testing laboratory and a polymer lab for pow...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112490/

BASF keeps R&D spending at high level
02/01/2010 - In 2010, BASF again intends to maintain its research budget at the previous years’ high level, with an overall target of €1.38 billion. This was confirmed by Dr. Andreas Kreimeyer, Member of the Board...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112485/

Microbes produce fuels directly from biomass
01/29/2010 - A collaboration led by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) has developed a microbe that can produce an advanced biofuel directly from biomass. Deploying t...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112473/

Oxea Announces Price Increases in Europe
01/29/2010 - Oxea will increase off-list prices in Europe on the products below effective February 1, 2010, or as contracts allow:
i/n Butanol: 70 EUR/mt
i/n Butyl Acetate: 70 EUR/mt
2-Ethylhexanol: 80 E...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112458/

Mismatched alloys are a good match for thermoelectrics
01/29/2010 - Employing some of the world's most powerful supercomputers, scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have shown that mismatched alloys are a good match for the future development of high pe...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112471/

Metal hydrides for high temperature superconductivity
01/29/2010 - An international research team, comprising scientists working in the Sweden, UK, USA & South Korea and led by Professor Rajeev Ahuja of Uppsala University now presents new findings for better understa...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112474/

Iowa State, Ames Lab engineer works to develop better batteries for energy alternatives
01/28/2010 - Steve Martin, an Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering in Iowa State University's department of materials science and engineering and an associate of the U.S. Department of Energy's Ame...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112318/

Dow Corning Expands Central & Eastern Europe Operations
Warsaw Office to Help Eastern European Businesses Innovate and Grow
01/28/2010 - Dow Corning has expanded its presence in Central Europe with a new commercial office in Warsaw, Poland. The company intends to work more closely with local businesses as they focus on modernization, ...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112437/

ULTRA Scientific offers the Gold Standard with ISO Guide 34 accreditation
Organic and inorganic standards distributed by LGC Standards give laboratories greater choice and quality
01/28/2010 - LGC Standards announced that ULTRA Scientific, one of its key suppliers, has gained ISO Guide 34 accreditation for the production of organic and inorganic certified reference materials (CRMs). ISO Gui...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112399/

Introducing the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada
01/28/2010 - The Canadian Chemical Producers' Association has reinvented itself as the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada, to reflect the changing face of the chemistry sector and its renewed commitment to e...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112312/

Wacker Posts Sales of EUR 3.7 Billion for 2009
01/28/2010 - As expected, Wacker Chemie AG generated lower sales and earnings in 2009 compared to 2008, according to preliminary figures. The upturn in demand experienced since April 2009 continued through the fou...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112421/

How 'random' lasers work
01/27/2010 - When University of Utah scientists discovered a new kind of laser that was generated by an electrically conducting plastic or polymer, no one could explain how it worked and some doubted it was real. ...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112274/

Petrobras restructures Petrochemical Segment
01/27/2010 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras and its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Química S.A. – Petroquisa (jointly, Petrobras), together with Odebrecht S.A and Braskem S.A announced the Investment Agree...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112311/

Borealis distributes Student Innovation Award 2009
01/27/2010 - Borealis has selected the winners of its Student Innovation Award 2009. Launched in 2008, the award recognises the two most innovative research papers on polyolefins, olefins or melamine, one for a ma...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112279/

Dow Finalizes Sale to Arkema of Acrylic Acid, Esters and Specialty Latex Assets in North America
01/27/2010 - Arkema and The Dow Chemical Company announced jointly that they have closed Dow’s divestiture to Arkema of its acrylic acid and esters business located at Clear Lake, Texas and its UCAR Emulsion Syste...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/112307/

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Catalogue: Plastic Containers for transportation and storage
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Chiral Chromatography: Brand New Catalogue 'Chiral Analysis and Separation'
Now including new 3 µm and 5 µm columns and ChromTech products
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3rd edition product catalogue from Porvair Sciences!
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