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The chemicals manufacturing industry is a vibrant, global business that encompasses many important sectors: from commodity chemicals, to specialty chemicals to custom manufacturing. Key products include biochemicals, nanochemicals, polymers, petrochemicals, fertilizers, plastics, coatings, ceramics, solvents, additives, dyes and many other products basic to home and business needs. In addition, the pharmaceuticals industry is often included when discussing chemicals. Plunkett's Chemicals, Plastics & Coatings...
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Plastic bags and other plastic rubbish thrown into the ocean kill as many as 1,000,000 sea creatures every year. Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as burning it in an incinerator. Plastics can take up to 400 years to break down in a landfill. If you lined up all the polystyrene foam cups made in just 1 day they would circle the earth. It takes 2 plastic soft drink bottles to make enough polyester fibre for a baseball cap. The energy saved by recycling 1 bottle will power a computer...
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Electricity is a property of certain subatomic particles (e.g. electrons / protons) which couples to electromagnetic fields and causes attractive and repulsive forces between them. Electricity gives rise to one of the four fundamental forces of nature, and is a conserved property of matter that can be quantified. In this sense, the phrase "quantity of electricity" is used interchangeably with the phrases "charge of electricity" and "quantity of charge." There are two...
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Chemicals & additives. (What to See at NPE 2003).(plastics industry)(Directory): An article from: Plastics Technology
This digital document is an article from Plastics Technology, published by Gardner Publications, Inc. on June 1, 2003. The length of the article is 3878 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Chemicals & additives. (What to See at NPE 2003).(plastics industry)(Directory) Author: Lilli Manolis...
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In 1688, in France, a new process was developed for the production of plate glass, principally for use in mirrors, whose optical qualities had, until then, left much to be desired. The molten glass was poured onto a special table and rolled out flat. After cooling, the plate glass was ground on large round tables by means of rotating cast iron discs and increasingly fine abrasive sands, and then polished using felt disks. The result of this "plate pouring" process was flat glass with good ...
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Continental chimneys are swept from top to bottom, but British chimneys swept from bottom to top. Coal is not mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1085, but the Romans were using coal in Britain 1,000 years before. A strongly held belief in the 12th to 16th centuries was that coal was a form of vegetation and actually 'grew'. A gigantic lump of coal was the most prominent item on display at the great exhibition of 1851, which was held at the Crystal Palace. Anthracite, the oldest type of coal, was...
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Secondly, the well often spans out horizontally once has penetrated the reservoir. This is because the oil is held in porous rock - it is not like an underground stream. Often the oil has to be pumped out of the rock. It is only oil close to the end of well that is retrieved.
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Leonardo da Vinci spent 12 years painting the Mona Lisa's lips. On 3rd December 1961 Henri Matisse's painting Le Bateau was put the right way up after hanging upside-down for 46 days without anyone noticing at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In ancient times, it was believed that certain colours could combat the evil spirits that lingered over nurseries. Because blue was associated with the heavenly spirits, boys were clothed in that colour, boys then being considered the most valuable resource...
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Death due to accidental inhalation of DHMO, even in small quantities. Prolonged exposure to solid DHMO causes severe tissue damage. Excessive ingestion produces a number of unpleasant though not typically life-threatening side-effects. DHMO is a major component of acid rain. Gaseous DHMO can cause severe burns. Contributes to soil erosion. Leads to corrosion and oxidation of many metals. Contamination of electrical systems often causes short-circuits. Exposure decreases effectiveness of automobile...
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This market research tool contains the complete trends and statistics chapters excerpted from Plunkett's Chemicals, Coatings & Plastics Industry Almanac. It includes our analysis of the major trend--from the continuing rapid growth of the chemicals and plastics sectors in India and the middle east, to the campaign of environmentalists for chemical industry reform, to the increase in U.S. plastics production. In addition, we provide statistical tables such as, "U.S. Exports & Imports of Rubber & Rubber Products...
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This digital document is an article from Plastics & Rubber Asia, published by Plastics & Rubber Asia Ltd. on November 1, 2000. The length of the article is 792 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Dow's APTEC - in tandem with the polymer industry: development and trialling are important precursors...
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