The metal-catalyzed polymerization of simple olefins, such as ethylene and propylene, has been one of the transformational discoveries in chemistry of the 20th century. It is difficult to imagine today’s civilization without ubiquitous plastics, such as polyethylene and related polymers. Although often attributed to Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta, the winners of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Chemistry...

This contribution deals with the waste from the processes in which raw hide is transformed into leather, as well as with the waste generated during further leather processing and the final waste of leather industry, the worn-out shoes. All this waste, if deposited in the open-air dumps, represents a potential threat to human health, because it contains trivalent chromium (Cr III), which can oxi...

This paper utilizes data from two pilot studies conducted at Superfund Sites to discuss the electrochemical iron addition process developed by Andco Environmental Processes, Inc. Electrical current and steel electrodes were used to put ferrous and hydroxyl ions into solution. Once added, the chemistry was properly manipulated to provide coprecipitation and adsorption conditions capable of simul...

flight. The trip lasted 2.5 h and the kidney was transplanted into ‘D’ after 4 h of cold ischemia at the HVN. During this time, the kidney of ‘C’ remained in cold ischemia until the plane that landed in Granada came back to Barcelona and was transplanted in ‘E’ with 5 h and 15 min of cold ischemia. At 7:30 PM, the transplant was completed and the chain was closed (Fig. 1). The donors of both ho...

Role of Bacillus subtilis Error Prevention Oxidized Guanine System (GO) in 1 Counteracting Hexavalent Chromium-Promoted-Oxidative DNA Damage 2 3 4 Fernando Santos-Escobar, J. Félix Gutiérrez-Corona and Mario Pedraza-Reyes 5 6 7 Department of Biology, Division of Natural and Exact Sciences, University of Guanajuato, 8 P.O. Box 187, Guanajuato, 36050, Gto. México. 9 10 11 12 13 Running Title: Rol...

This research involved the synthesizing of a reactive polymer, long alkyl quaternized poly(4-vinylpyridine) (PVP), and coating it on the surface of silica gel to produce a granular sorbent to remove Cr(VI) from water. Batch experiments were conducted to determine the kinetics, sorption isotherm, pH effects, and influence of other anions on the chromium adsorption onto the coated silica gel. The...

Industrial wastewater contain higher quantities of salts besides chromium (VI) ions, therefore, the effect of these salts on the adsorption of chromium (VI) should be studied. In this research, the batch removal of toxic hexavalent chromium ions from wastewater and aqueous solution using two different activated carbon marine algae Gracilaria (red algae) and Sargassum sp. (brown algae) were exam...