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  • 6 days ago | chemengonline.com | Mary Page Bailey

    Decrease SizeDefault sizeIncrease Size Print Conversion of CO2 gas to graphene successfully demonstrated June 1, 2025 | By Mary Page Bailey The ability to economically produce large scales of graphene will help to enable many high-performance applications, from smart packaging materials and medical devices to safer gas storage. A new process demonstrated at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI; San Antonio, Tex.; www.swri.org) has successfully produced graphene using CO2 gas, presenting a...

  • 6 days ago | chemengonline.com | Mary Page Bailey

    Decrease SizeDefault sizeIncrease Size Print Molten-salt electrolysis process quickly scales up U.S. cobalt-refining capacity June 1, 2025 | By Mary Page Bailey A proprietary molten-salt electrolysis (MSE) process originally designed for battery manufacturing has now been re-optimized for North America’s first operational cobalt-refining plant. The DirectPlateTM MSE technology developed by Xerion Advanced Battery Corp. (Kettering, Ohio; www.xerionbattery.com; see Direct molten-salt...

  • 6 days ago | chemengonline.com | Mary Page Bailey

    Decrease SizeDefault sizeIncrease Size Print Non-fluorinated coatings reach new heights with first oil-and water-repellent textile product June 1, 2025 | By Mary Page Bailey As industries and consumers have shown an increasing preference for water and oil repellents that do not include any fluorinated materials, significant efforts and years of research and testing have gone into developing non-fluorinated alternatives. AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc. (AGCCA; Exton, Pa.; www.agcchem.com) and...

  • 6 days ago | chemengonline.com | Mary Page Bailey

    Decrease SizeDefault sizeIncrease Size Print Direct cryo-compression of gaseous hydrogen: the “best of both worlds” between liquefaction and compression June 1, 2025 | By Mary Page Bailey Safe and cost-effective storage represents one of the major hurdles in the widespread adoption of “clean” hydrogen in energy applications. A hydrogen-storage approach called cryo-compression is being poised as a bridge between high-density (but expensive) hydrogen liquefaction and cheaper (but low-density)...

  • 6 days ago | chemengonline.com | Mary Page Bailey

    Plant WatchCariflex opens $355-million latex plant in SingaporeMay 15, 2025 — Cariflex Pte. Ltd. (Singapore; www.cariflex.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of DL Chemical Co., Ltd. (DL Chemical), inaugurated its new polyisoprene latex plant at Jurong Island, Singapore. With an investment of $355 million, the plant is the largest of its kind globally.

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