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Volume 89, Issue 31
COVER: Old electronics go to recyclers for materials recovery.
Volume 89, Issue 31
Material makers will have to adapt to help consumer goods firms fulfill product stewardship goals
COVER: Old electronics go to recyclers for materials recovery.
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August 1, 2011 Issue
Volume 89, Issue 31
August 1, 2011 Issue, Vol. 89 | Iss. 31
Material makers will have to adapt to help consumer goods firms fulfill product stewardship goals
(pp. 13-18)
Features
Business
German firm launches charm offensive in China in face of protests over polyurethane project (pp. 20-22)
Science & Technology
Applications of atomic layer deposition now extend well beyond electronics (pp. 38-40)
Cover Story: Taking It Back
Don’t toss it!
Resources abound to help consumers and manufacturers enable responsible reuse and recycling
(pp. 13-18)News of the Week
Sadara Chemical Venture To Rise
Joint Venture: Construction of $20 billion Dow, Saudi Aramco megaproject is set to begin
(p.7)Carbon Dioxide Detour Takes To Methanol
Sustainable Chemistry: Alternative syntheses open a door to more efficient industrial processes
(p.8)Fukushima Plant Reaching Stability
Nuclear Accident: Progress in containing damage means a cold shutdown could happen early next year
(p.8)Sighting Signaling
Biochemistry: Collaboration enables the first view of a receptor with its G protein
(p.9)Acid-To-Base Transmutation
Inorganic chemistry: First stable metal-free borylene adduct could aid catalyst design
(p.10)Single Atoms Mediate Reaction
Catalysis: Isolated platinum atoms remain stable and active in oxidations
(p.10)Earnings Strength Continues
Second quarter: Demand, pricing power benefit chemical firms
(p.11)Departments
Business
German firm launches charm offensive in China in face of protests over polyurethane project
(pp. 20-22)
A swell in FDA approvals has many wondering whether the drug industry has finally gotten better at R&D
(pp. 23-25)
Energy-saving projects are especially valued by Europe’s chemical industry
(pp. 26-27)
Material makers will have to adapt to help consumer goods firms fulfill product stewardship goals
(pp. 13-18)Concentrates
(pp. 18-19)
(pp. 18-19)- Braskem Acquiring Dow’s Polypropylene Business
- Oxy Plans Chlorine At Dupont TiO2 Plant
- DuPont Buys Solar Ink Firm Innovalight
- AkzoNobel to add china Surfactants
- New Venture Targets NonChrome Pigments
- Gevo, South Hampton Slate Demo Facility
- Merck, Solvay Invest In Photovoltaics
- Tessenderlo Sells U.S. Vinyls Unit
- FDA Accuses Cetero Of Falsifying Data
- Bayer Licenses Trius Antibiotic
- BASF Will Double Plasticizer Output
- Drug Delivery Links Zcube To CalTech …
- … And Alnylam To MIT
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Government & Policy
EPA’s chemical hazard assessment program remains under scrutiny
(pp. 31-33)
FDA meets early deadlines, but House budget cuts put future mandates in question
(pp. 34-35)Books
A look at the early exploration of a phenomenon with direct bearing on chemistry
(pp. 45-46)
Science & Technology
Applications of atomic layer deposition now extend well beyond electronics
(pp. 38-40)
Climb in digital printing puts pressure on paper recycling
(pp. 42-44)Concentrates(pp. 36-37)
(pp. 36-37)- Prion’s Multiple Roles
- New Routes To Elusive Perbromate Unveiled
- Water Sentenced To Solitary Confinement In Carbon Cage
- Archaea May Be Key Nitrous Oxide Source
- Injectable Polymer Fixes Tissue Defects
- Fluorescent Labels Color Code RNA
- Imaging Agents Form Toxic Products
- A Double Dose Of Crystal-To-Crystal Transformations