Superhydrophobic surfaces are found on duck feathers and lotus leaves that repels water. A Chinese group, led by Junqi Sun, from Jilin University has achieved the same superhydrophobicity. The surface heals itself. If the surface gets nicked, it allows water from the air to cause the molecules to fill back in and bring back the... Read more »
It’s called Continuous Liquid Interface Production (CLIP), and it could revolutionize 3D printing. Carbon3D, a privately-held Redwood City, California based company has created a process which can print three-dimensional objects as one piece instead of the layer by layer approach used now. Carbon3D uses photosensitive monomers which will polymerize when exposed to UV light, and... Read more »
Full implementation of the GHS (Globally Harmonized System) regulations are set to be in place by mid-2015, and the European Union’s REACh registration requirements are to be completely updated by June of 2018. These new regulations are expected to affect the metalworking lubricants industry especially hard. The cost to MWF additive manufacturers to participate in... Read more »
Sebacic acid, also known as SBA, is a castor oil derivative which finds many industrial uses. It is used as a corrosion inhibitor in lubricants and metalworking fluids by forming a thin coating on the metal which restricts access by corrosive ions. Sebacic acid is used in the production of Nylon 6-10 and is a... Read more »
Last week, the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) senior leadership traveled to Washington, DC to meet with Members of Congress and their staff. One of the key discussions centered on the recently introduced Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (S.697). This legislation would reform the very outdated Toxic Substances Control... Read more »
The last decade of the 20th century saw a healthy rise of synthetic base stock in lubricants and greases. One industry expert had growth of API Group IV base stock, PAOs, at 5.5% a year growth from 1994-2000. But in 1997 Castrol reformulated one of their synthetic blends with Group III base oil and kept... Read more »
As we move into the spring season ChemCeed LLC is looking ahead to better our business continuity plan by focusing on disaster readiness. In order to make sure that we stay informed on the latest disasters that put our business and customer’s at risk we have turned to multiple local, state wide and national sources.... Read more »
“It’s not so much that we’re interested in processing the eggs; that’s just demonstrating how powerful this process is,” says Gregory Weiss, UC-Irvine professor of chemistry and molecular biology & biochemistry. In conjunction with Australian chemists, UCI chemists have developed a method to unfold proteins which have been “misfolded” while being processed. The methods in... Read more »
Having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic character, C8-C10 fatty alcohols find use as a nonionic solvent in the production of surfactants and detergents. In the food and cosmetics industries they find use as emulsifiers, emollients and thickeners. In cosmetic emulsions fatty alcohols are used to provide consistency. In technical emulsions they are used as co-surfactants and... Read more »
Dunkin’ Donuts is reformulating its powdered sugar to not include titanium dioxide after an environmental nonprofit requested that it be removed. A Dunkin’ Donuts spokesperson said that the ingredient “does not meet the definition of ‘nanomaterial’ as outlined under FDA guidance.” With that said, the company still decided to change its powdered sugar. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/dunkin%E2%80%99-donuts-is-getting-rid-of-titanium-dioxide-in-its-food/ar-AA9Ahjb?ocid=UP97DHP.
