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Opinion
Letters: November 2008
From Alan Dronsfield Norman Nicholson asks about the introduction of uranium as the catalyst for the Haber process (Chemistry World, September 2008, p42). In 1908, Haber and Le Rossignol realised that it would be possible to synthesise ammonia in an 8 per cent yield at about 600°C and 200 atmospheres ...
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Business
Business roundup: November 2008
Huntsman wins Hexion court fight Huntsman has won its legal battle to force Hexion to honour its $10.6 billion (?5.4 billion) takeover deal, originally agreed in July 2007. In June 2008, Hexion declared that it was taking legal action in a bid to back out of the deal, claiming that ...
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Podcast
October 2008
Chemistry World Podcast - October 200800:10 -- Introduction02:09 -- A failed anxiety drug could provide a novel treatment for cancer04:29 -- A biosensor made from proteins could speed drug development 06:43 -- Fred Vom Saal from the endocrine disrupters group at the ...
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Opinion
Letters: October 2008
With reference to your interview with the new head of the ACC, Cal Dooley (Chemistry World , September 2008, p9), bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates are just two of several hundred chemicals that exhibit oestrogenic activity (EA) in plastics. These chemicals leach from almost all plastics sold today, including polyethylene, ...
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Business
Business roundup: October 2008
BASF to buy Ciba Struggling Swiss speciality chemicals group Ciba has agreed to a SF6.1 billion (£3 billion) takeover deal by Germany’s BASF. Source: © AP PHOTOS Jurgen Hambrecht of BASF and Armin Meyer of Ciba On 15 September BASF announced its offer to buy Ciba shares ...
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News
China milk crisis forces food testing rethink
Monitoring standards challenged by melamine contamination
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News
China forging ahead with carbon capture
Success claimed for country's first post-combustion capture trial
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Podcast
September 2008
Chemistry World Podcast - September 200800:10 -- Introduction02:06 -- Could cancer be diagnosed by smell?04:32 -- Lighting up cancer with fluorescent imaging to aid surgery 07:05 -- Nancy Rabalais from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium talks about the growing problem of ocean dead zones14:30 -- ...