Combating corrosion in the world's aging nuclear reactors
Researchers hope to extend reactor lifetimes with advanced methods and materials that guard against degradation caused by harsh conditions
Researchers hope to extend reactor lifetimes with advanced methods and materials that guard against degradation caused by harsh conditions
Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning explains the chemistry of body odor and how we combat it.
Elastic wood
It looks like wood, and it’s even made from wood. But what’s special about the so-called elastic wood made in Liangbing Hu’s lab at the University of Maryland, College Park, is that it can be squished—and it bounces—as if it were made of rubber. The recipe for elastic wood is fairly simple, but it’s harsh: Boil balsa wood in a solution of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfite for several hours, freeze it for a couple of days, and then freeze-dry it for another day. The... Читать дальше...
Modified cyclodextrins with aromatic substituents
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