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The Evonik industrial chemicals plant in Theodore, Alabama, USA, experienced a serious explosion accident after 2 PM on August 10th. A massive plume of smoke was clearly visible across the Mobile Bay.

On August 13, Wanhua Chemical released its 2024 interim report. The company achieved a total operating revenue of 97.067 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.77%.

• wanhua chemical

Difference between acid and base: Acids taste sour, peel the skin off metals and make litmus paper turn red. Bases taste bitter, their diode switches to green and turns the litmus paper blue.

• difference between acid and base 

This article provides information about the difference between acetal and hemiacetal, aiming to offer valuable perspectives for readers. Different aspects of their difference are mainly mentioned. 

• difference between acetal and hemiacetal

Hexion announces a strategic partnership with Clariant, an innovative partnership that combines Hexion’s expertise in VeoVa™ vinyl ester-based adhesives with Clariant’s intumescent additives to optimize fire protection systems in critical applications.

• Hexion
• Clariant

TER Chemicals announces the acquisition of Evonik’s modified Fischer-Tropsch wax business, effective June 30, 2024.

• TER Chemicals
• Evonik
• VESTOWAX®

Shiseido shares fell after reporting first-half results, citing restructuring costs and lower demand in China. Shiseido's structural reform costs also weighed on its financial results.

• Shiseido

Intergard 7500, AkzoNobel’s marine coatings brand, has announced that Monna Lisa, a new cable-laying vessel owned by Prysmian, will be coated with Intergard 7500 primer and Intersmooth 7465Si antifouling solution.

• AkzoNobel

One-sentence summary: A strip of copper placed in silver nitrate triggers a redox exchange in which copper enters solution and silver plates out, producing a blue copper nitrate solution and visible silver crystals.

• copper silver nitrate reaction
• single displacement redox
• Cu AgNO3

Huntsman Group recently announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2024: The Group achieved operating income of $1.574 billion.

The Ministry of Economy of Mexico has decided to initiate an anti-dumping investigation procedure against styryl-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (Spanish: caucho termoplastico estireno butadieno estireno, SBS) originating in China.

SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries Corporation), a leading global diversified chemical company, signed a potential investment agreement with the Fujian Provincial Government on August 1.

• SABIC

A total of seven substances, including 4-(n-phenylamino) piperidine, are formally included in the management scope of the "Regulations on the Management of Precursor Chemicals" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations").

A practical and detailed look at the differences between ethyl and isopropyl groups, their structures, uses, and safety considerations for everyday understanding.

• ethyl group
• isopropyl group
• ethanol
• isopropyl alcohol

Brenntag, a global leader in the distribution of chemicals and ingredients, has announced the acquisition of Monarch Group Holdings Ltd.

Founded in 2019, Lignopure GmbH, which uses lignin as a sustainable ingredient for skincare and other beauty products, has raised €2.4 million in equity capital in addition to previous financing.

• Lignopure

TotalEnergies Corbion (TEC), a global leader in the marketing, sales and production of polylactic acid (PLA), has signed an agreement with Nagase & Co to distribute Luminy brand PLA bioplastics in Japan.

• TotalEnergies
• Nagase

Azelis, a leading innovative services provider to the specialty chemicals and food ingredients industries, has announced a new distribution agreement in Indonesia with allnex, a global leader in industrial coating resins and additives.

• Azelis
• allnex

BASF recently made it clear that it will bioconvert its methacrylate portfolio and shift its production to bio-based ethyl acrylate from the fourth quarter of 2024.

• BASF

On July 29, 2024, Dow, one of the world's leading materials technology companies, disclosed its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2024.