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Polymer-based membranes offer alternative to thermal processes for separating hydrocarbon and crude oil mixtures

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Polymer-based membranes developed at KAUST could enable greener and cheaper industrial separation approaches. Separation processes, such as distillation and evaporation, are central to the chemical, pharmaceutical and petrochemical industries, but they are also energy intensive, expensive and polluting.

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Researchers detect broad range of emerging synthetic antioxidants in dust in e-waste recyling centers

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Manufacturers add synthetic antioxidants to plastics, rubbers and other polymers to make them last longer. However, the health effects of these compounds, and how readily they migrate into the environment, are largely unknown. An open-access paper on the work is published in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology Letters.

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Plastic recycling revolutionised with polymer research breakthrough

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The post Plastic recycling revolutionised with polymer research breakthrough appeared first on Innovation News Network. Researchers from the University of Florida have made a breakthrough with the potential to transform plastic recycling.

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Motherson Group collaborating with UBQ to bring carbon-negative thermoplastics into auto parts

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Targeting the plastic industry first, and leveraging the material’s thermoplastic affinity to polymers, they company developed several commercial grades of UBQ material. UBQ GHG Neutralizer additives enable processors to directly compensate cO 2 -equivalent emissions (GHG) generated by plastic polymers. Polymers typically emit 1.9

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Transform Materials plasma process converts abundant natural gas into high-value hydrogen and acetylene

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But methane is extremely inert in an oxygen-free environment and resists chemical reactions. A notable example is acetylene-led synthesis of lactic acid, which in turn can be easily polymerized into polylactic acid, a biodegradable polymer for packaging applications that can mitigate ocean plastic pollution.

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Advent Technologies and Safran Power Units partner to advance HT-PEM fuel cell technology for aerospace

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HT PEM is more robust and can withstand toughest conditions, such as extreme temperatures and pollution, compared to LT-PEM. It is more adapted for applications requiring high amounts of power combined with strong integration constraints such as aviation. MW and contributing to higher level FC targets: a power density of 1.25 2022 Meet.

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Study finds automobile tires are a potential source of carcinogenic dibenzopyrenes to the environment

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A new study by researchers from Stockholm University concludes that automobile tires may be a potential previously unknown source of carcinogenic dibenzopyrenes—a type of high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)—to the environment. 60% rubber polymers; 20?35% kg dibenzopyrenes, respectively.