In a study published in Nature Chemical Engineering, a team has developed a kinetic decoupling-recoupling (KDRC) strategy ...

Propylene is one of the most essential petrochemical feedstocks, used to make high-volume chemicals such as acrylonitrile, propylene oxide, and polypropylene. The three-carbon monomer is produced ...

Known as methyl ethyl glycol, 1,2-propanediol, or propane-1,2-diol, propylene glycol, is a synthetic, clear, colorless liquid that is widely used as an additive or antifreeze within the food, chemical ...

Engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) have developed a device that can efficiently convert captured carbon dioxide into ethylene, a plastic precursor material. When run using renewable ...

New process technologies for propylene production show great economic promise, according to a new report from Nexant Inc., White Plains, NY. The recently published report predicts that propylene ...

Dow Chemical Co.'s rich plastics history depended on transforming a field of drums into a field of dreams. Midland, Mich.-based Dow had developed its first plastic, ethylene cellulose, in the ...

With an abundance of cheap feedstock, the Middle East is poised to become one of the world’s largest exporters of petrochemicals, targeting markets in Europe and Asia. Currently, several new mega ...