Polyethylene plastics -- single-use bags and general-purpose bottles -- are indestructable forever plastics. That also makes them hard to recycle. Chemists have found a way to break down the polymer - ...

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 ...

Sasol South Africa Limited (‘Sasol’) supplies propylene and ethylene to the Company’s subsidiary, Safripol Proprietary Limited (‘Safripol’), in terms of evergreen supply agreements ...

Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene Copolymer (FEP) is a semi-crystalline perfluorinated polymer closely linked to PTFE (FP30) being a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene. Its ...

LyondellBasell Industries, one of the largest plastics, chemicals, and refining companies globally, maintains a strong presence in polypropylene sheet manufacturing. Their product portfolio includes ...

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 ...