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 - ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...