Tag: acid
Sustainable green chemicals through innovative biotechnology
Succinic acid is a dicarboxylic acid with the chemical formula (CH2)2(CO2H)2. The name derives from Latin succinum, meaning amber. Nickel-containing stainless steel is playing an essential role in the production of innovative ‘green’ succinic acid which is highly corrosive to low alloy and carbon steel.
Pump problems at nuclear plant
A delay in resolving pump problems has loosened expectations for completion of repairs at FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse nuclear plant (Akron, Ohio, USA).
Technip-Coflexip to build Saudi acid plant
Technip-Coflexip has been awarded by SABIC a contract for the design and construction of an acetic acid plant in SABIC's Arabian Industrial Fibers Company Complex in the industrial city of Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.