Team led by Tufts University researchers discovers process to create “platform chemical” that is used widely for plastics, textiles, and much more Few people have heard of the chemical ethylene oxide, ...

Chemical engineers have discovered that adding nickel atoms to silver catalysts could revolutionize the production of ethylene oxide by eliminating the need for toxic chlorine while maintaining ...

Scientists have pinpointed a potentially greener way to produce an integral industrial chemical used to make many everyday products from plastics and textiles to antifreeze and disinfectants, ...

Chlorine dioxide (ClO 2), also known as chlorine peroxide and chlorine(IV) oxide, is a low-boiling red-brown liquid and yellow-green gas. It has an odd number of valence electrons, which makes it an ...

Ethylene oxide is a basic chemical building block for a slew of modern products, including plastics and medicines. This seven-atom molecule is the simplest epoxide. But not much is simple in the ...

Free chlorine detection is crucial for ensuring water quality and public health. The field encompasses a wide range of sensing approaches, including electrochemical, optical and sensor array ...

The towering fire at the Dow Chemical plant this summer released enough of the potent cancer-causing chemical ethylene oxide to match nearly a decade's worth of typical emissions at the plant, a new ...

After clearing a large backlog of investigation reports, the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announced April 4 that it will begin two new inquiries into toxic releases at ...