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Conversion of Air to Methanol
Researchers from Wales, UK, produced methanol from methane through simple catalysis that allows methanol production at low temperatures using oxygen and hydrogen peroxide.
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Digital Transformation of the Chemical Industry enables sustainable operations
Sustainability is not only in terms of complying with environmental regulations, reducing emissions etc. It calls for efficiencies across the entire value chain of...
Yesteryear's Nobel Laureates
Leopold Ruzicka (1887–1976)
Lord of the Carbon Rings
All his life, the great Croatian-Swiss scientist Leopold Ruzicka maintained an enormous interest in the chemical processes of nature. His...
Otto Hahn (1879 – 1968)- The Father of Nuclear Chemistry
One of the greatest pioneers in radioactivity and radiochemistry, German chemist Otto Emil Hahn was awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his...
Herbert C. Brown (1912 – 2004)
Trailblazing Research in Boron Chemistry
A few times in the history of chemistry have new synthetic methods been deemed so important that the originators have...
Paul Karrer (1889 – 1971)- Pioneering research on the structure of vitamins
Paul Karrer, a Swiss organic chemist, was the first to unravel the chemical structure of several vitamins and plant dyes, and also the first...
Peter Debye(1884 – 1966)- Phenomenal Achievements in Physical Chemistry
When the Dutch physicist and physical chemist Petrus Debye first arrived from Europe at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, in 1939-1940 to deliver the...
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Dow, aiming to be Technology Leaders in India
Dow, having broad range of technology-based products in specialty chemicals, advanced materials, agricultural sciences, and plastics businesses, is investing heavily in India, with emphasis...
GHCL Ltd diversified from traditional areas into fast moving consumer segments...
In an email interaction with Chemical Industry Digest, RS Jalan, Managing Director of GHCL Ltd, speaks on how and why the company moved into...
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Clothes that generate electricity
Clothing embedded with tiny solar cells, the size of a flea can now allow wearers to generate electricity on the move and charge items...
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