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Air wins a new role as a refrigerant

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Air Products and Chemicals Inc is one of the recipients of the 1999 Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Achievement Awards. The Allentown, PA- based company is recognized for developing a gas-phase system for low temperature refrigeration using air and other inert gases as its working fluid. Named Closed Cycle Air Refrigeration system, the process employs a reverse Brayton cycle, which was proven efficient for refrigeration at low temperatures.

United States, Production management, Refrigerant Gases, Refrigerants

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Ternary hydride releases H2 quickly at low temperatures

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Researchers from Ford Motor Co. and the University of California, Los Angeles were able to develop a hydrogen compound that could be used as an automotive hydrogen-storage material. The compound is a mix of lithium amide, lithium borohydride, and magnesium hydride in a 2:1:1 ratio which provides faster kinetics, lower desorption temperature and has no dangerous byproducts.

Motor vehicles and car bodies, Motor vehicle parts and accessories, Auto Fuel & Lubricating Systems, Gasoline Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing, Hydrogen, Automobiles and other motor vehicles, Auto Fuel & Lube Systems NEC, Usage, Innovations, Ford Motor Co., Transportation equipment industry, Automobiles, Storage, F, Materials, University of California (Los Angeles), Hydrides, Automotive fuel systems, Automotive industry

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We're history: oxygen discovered by the batman of the 18th century

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Karl Wilhelm Scheele, a chemist in Sweden, discovered oxygen in 1772. He was the first person to discover oxygen and understand its role in combustion.

Sweden, Oxygen, Discovery and exploration, Chemical properties, Scheele, Carl Wilhelm

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