Q2/2011 was mixed for the chemical industry with political unrest and appreciation of the Swiss franc affecting results

Second Quarter Results 2011

Flow Field Analysis in Slim Reactors
Evaluation of mixing and dispersion efficiency for liquid-liquid systems of single- and multiple-stage impellers leads to optimum configuration

Angewandte Chemie 32/2011: Pearls On A String
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Disinfection Byproducts: Swimmer and Worker Exposure
Exposure of swimmers and workers to haloacetic acids (HAAs) in indoor and outdoor pools was evaluated for the first time

Batra to Lead Merck's Health Care
Merck announced that Udit Batra will succeed Peter Shotter as Head of the Consumer Health Care Division

Solvay Invests in Printed Electronics
Solvay commits €10 million to support Plextronics

Fast Assignment
A rapid method for determining absolute configuration using kinetic resolution catalysts has been developed by US chemists

Alternative to Ethylene Production
High ethylene productivity through oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane has been achieved in a catalytic membrane reactor

Sadara Chemical Company
Dow and Saudi Aramco to jointly build world-scale, fully integrated chemicals complex in Saudi Arabia

Adapt and Analyze
Home glucose monitor adapted to target other analytes including cocaine, adenosine, interferon-gamma of tuberculosis and uranium