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Melbourne airport workers treated after shipment leaks hydrofluoric acid
Firefighters transferring leaking containers into hazmat drums after eight workers taken to hospital Eight people have been treated by paramedics after a chemical incident at Melbourne airport on Wednesday morning. Ambulance Victoria regional health commander Jon Byrne said paramedics were called to the airport at about 9.30am. “Two ambulances, an ambulance bus, an ambulance vehicle […]
Australia Chemical Industry -
Elemental Fluorine Market: Global Industry Analysis and Forecast 2016 – 2026
New York, NY — (SBWIRE) — Fluorine, an almost colorless gas with characteristic odor, is one the most abundantly present and lightest element in the halogen group. Fluorine is found in nature only in the form of a compound except in trace amounts of free elements in fluorspar. Elemental fluorine is prepared by Moissan’s process– […]
International Chemical Industry -
Interview with Shekhar Khanolkar, Managing Director, Navin Fluorine International
Shekhar Khanolkar is a Chemical Engineer with Masters in Management studies and an alumni of Harvard Business School. He has spent more than 24 years in the chemical industry with both Indian & Multinational Chemical majors. He has been on the Board of the company since 2008 and Managing Director since 2011. Navin Fluorine International […]
India Chemical Industry -
Fluorosulfuric acid
Molecule of the Week Archive This molecule was part of our Fluorosulfuric acid and Antimony pentafluoride set Figure 1: Fluorosulfuric acid Figure 2: Antimony pentafluoride This week’s molecules combine to make “magic”. The first, fluorosulfuric acid (HSO3F; also called fluorosulfonic acid) is an extremely strong Brønsted acid that has been known since the late 19th […]
United States, National USA Chemical Industry -
Inhance Technologies Opens Fluorination Facility in Brazil
Inhance Technologies, a leader in barrier and surface modification technologies for plastics, will commence manufacturing operations in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil in the 2nd quarter of 2016. Inhance Technologies’ Fluoro-Seal Process™ has been trusted for over 35 years as the leading plastics barrier technology for markets including Packaging for Agrochemical and Consumer Products, […]
Brazil Chemical Industry -
Minerals and Salts of Fluoride Industry — Highly Utilized Chemical Reagents: Report
Fluoride has the chemical formula F-. It is an inorganic, monatomic anion of fluorine. Minerals and salts of fluoride are highly utilized chemical reagents in the industry. They are adopted in the manufacture of hydrogen fluoride. Hydrogen fluoride is used in the petrochemical, plastics and chemical industries. It goes into the manufacture of sodium fluoride, […]
China Chemical Industry -
Vinyl fluoride: DuPont to pay $724,000 fine for 2010 fatal Tonawanda explosion
The DuPont company will pay a $724,000 fine to settle violations related to a 2010 explosion that killed one person and injured another at its River Road chemical plant in the Town of Tonawanda, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday afternoon. The Nov. 9, 2010, chemical explosion and fire occurred at the DuPont Yerkes plant […]
United States, New York Chemical Industry -
New research shows car and truck wash chemical can cause serious burns to workers
Tumwater – A chemical commonly used in commercial car and truck washes can be dangerous to the health of people who work with it, according to new research by the Department of Labor & Industries’ (L&I) SHARP Program. A close look at workers’ compensation injury reports over a 12-year period shows nearly 50 workers in […]
United States, Washington State Chemical Industry -
[Editorial] Tianjin accident
Precautions need with hazardous materials One of the worst accidents in China’s recent history involving toxic materials has claimed 114 lives with some 70 people missing and more than 700 injured. Two blasts last Wednesday at a warehouse in Tianjin caused extensive damage over a vast area and have raised concerns about possible environmental contamination. […]
China Chemical Industry -
China Fluoride Materials Report (Monthly)
In May 2015, Do-Fluoride constantly marched into the downstream industries based on its fluorochemical business. This captured wide attention. – In early May, it announced the progress made in the R&D of organic fluorine-enriched intermediate and the successful development of fluorine-enriched pharmaceuticals such as norfloxacin. It began to step into the pharmaceutical field. – In […]
China Chemical Industry
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