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BlueRemediomics@blueremediomics.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🌊 New article on marine innovation! A new article co-authored by our partner Professor Marcel Jaspars Jaspars from the University of Aberdeen highlights how Marine Genetic Resources (MGRs) are being translated into real-world innovation. 🔗 blueremediomics.eu/blue-genes-g...

Blue genes, green promises: new article co-authored by BlueRemediomics partner - Blueremediomics

A new article supported by BlueRemediomics and co-authored by our partner Marcel Jaspars from the University of Aberdeen highlights how Marine Genetic Resources (MGRs) are being translated into real-w...

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Nick Peterson@thetecheng.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My vote goes to Chlorine Trifluoride to not just atomize you but also burn through the shag carpet, 2 feet of concrete, and another couple of feet of sand before the fire decides to die out.

It is, of course, extremely toxic, but that’s the least of the problem. It is hypergolic with every known fuel, and so rapidly hypergolic that no ignition delay has ever been measured. It is also hypergolic with such things as cloth, wood, and test engineers, not to mention asbestos, sand, and water-with which it reacts explosively. It can be kept in some of the ordinary structural metals-steel, copper, aluminium, etc.-because of the formation of a thin film of insoluble metal fluoride which protects the bulk of the metal, just as the invisible coat of oxide on aluminium keeps it from burning up in the atmosphere. If, however, this coat is melted or scrubbed off, and has no chance to reform, the operator is confronted with the problem of coping with a metal-fluorine fire. For dealing with this situation, I have always recommended a good pair of running shoes. John Drury Clark, Ignition!: An informal history of liquid rocket propellants
Chemistry World@chemistryworld.com · 6mo ago

Read about the new potential researchers are finding for nitrile rubber, where single-use gloves need not be discarded but can instead present an exciting opportunity for upcycling with the help of chemistry. www.chemistryworld.com/news/modifie...

Modified nitrile rubber gets new lease of life as carbon capture material

Two teams are exploring scaling up processes that could tackle the 800,000 tonnes of glove waste created every year

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Chemistry World@chemistryworld.com · 7mo ago

A mathematical framework originally developed to describe stereoisomerism has been expanded to explore the full spectrum of molecular configurations. The extended polytope formalism combines graph theory with energy calculations to map chemical space.

Polytope formalism offers a new way to chart chemical space

Framework can investigate regions of chemical space that are normally inaccessible, painting a clearer picture of how molecules can form, transform and interconvert

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