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SABIC announced that its #STAMAX™ 30YH570 resin has earned the UL Verified Mark from Underwriters Laboratories. This 30% #glass fiber-reinforced copolymer resin, a featured product offered under the company’s BLUEHERO™ electrification initiative, is the first polymer used in electric vehicle (EV) battery systems to receive UL Verification for marketing claims of thermal and mechanical performance. UL Verification, based on an objective, scientific assessment by a respected third party, can give customers high confidence in the flame delay performance of this product. Milestone in Evolving EV Battery Systems: The vast majority of EV batteries perform without issues throughout their useful life. Although thermal runaway incidents are extremely infrequent, the safety-conscious automotive industry is highly focused on ensuring that the design and performance of EV battery systems prolong the time available to exit a vehicle by delaying the propagation of a fire beyond the battery pac...

Today's KNOWLEDGE Share Hermann Emil Fischer-Nobel prize 1902 Emil Hermann Fischer, more commonly known as Emil Fischer, was an eminent German organic chemist. He received the 1902 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his influential research regarding purines and sugars. Fischer followed Baeyer to Munich in 1875 as an assistant, becoming a Privatdozent (unpaid lecturer) in 1878, and an assistant professor in 1879. During his time in Munich Fischer continued his research on hydrazines. Together with his cousin Otto, Fisher demonstrated that rosaniline and related dyes were derivatives of triphenylmethane. Three years later, having now a reputation as an excellent organic chemist, Fischer accepted the position of Professor and Director of the Chemistry Institute at Erlangen in 1882, later accepting a similar position in Würzburg in 1885. During this time, Fischer began his research on the active constituents of tea, coffee and cocoa (caffeine and theobromine). His research led him to reali...

Avantium announces that it has been awarded a €0.76 million grant by the EU Horizon Europe program for its participation in the research and development program Rebiolution. This program aims to design and synthetize biobased and #biodegradablepolyester blends based on #FDCA (furan dicarboxylic acid) and other biobased monomers, to be used as plastic coating for food #packaging and for mulch films for #agricultural applications. Opportunity to Create Variety of Polymers: The €0.76 million grant will be paid out in tranches to #Avantium over a period of three years, starting in June 2023. Avantium has developed the YXY® Technology that converts #plantbased sugars into FDCA, which can be polymerized together with plant-based mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) into the sustainable plastic PEF (polyethylene furanoate). As a monomer, FDCA brings the opportunity to create a variety of polymers, from polyesters, polyamides, and polyurethanes, to coating resins, plasticizers and ot...

  Today's KNOWLEDGE Share How to choose flame retardant? According to the nature of the flame retardant material suitable for which #flameretardant #mechanism , in order to choose flame retardants. 1.Heat absorption mechanism Some flame retardants will decompose when heated to generate water, water evaporation to take away a lot of heat, so as to achieve the effect of flame retardant, which is the same as the principle of using water to extinguish fire, such common flame retardants are #borax , #aluminumoxide hydrate, etc.. 2.Covering effect Some flame retardants will decompose when heated to generate a stable cover layer, making the material isolated from oxygen, so as to achieve the effect of flame retardant, commonly used flame retardants such as #phosphateester compounds and fireproof foam coatings. 3.Dilution effect Some flame retardants will decompose when heated to generate a large number of non-flammable gases (carbon dioxide, ammonia, chlorine chloride, etc.), dilute t...

With the Texoversum, Reutlingen University has put into operation a training and innovation center for the textile industry that is unique in Europe. The almost 2,000 square meter textile-like façade of the new building also causes a sensation architecturally: It charmingly combines the innovative power of this industry with the 160-year tradition of Reutlingen as a textile location. The highlight: The components were wound from fibres that are fixed with a special plastic resin. The façade of the Texoversum is just one example of a brand new technology that could completely revolutionize the construction industry. The sophisticated structure was designed on the computer and is based on #carbonfibres wound by #robots . Similar to networks in nature, for example in spider webs, beetle wings or palm leaves, the fibre structures are also very lightweight, but at the same time highly resilient, and require very little material. This not only saves resources, but also facilitates transport...