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266 articles · updated July 2026
A bulk chemical supplier is a distributor that buys chemicals in tank-car or truckload volume, repackages them into pails, drums, totes and cases, and sells them in quantities a plant or lab can actually use. Choosing one comes down to...
Read articlePolyethylene glycol (PEG) and propylene glycol (PG) are different chemicals that are constantly confused. PEG (CAS 25322-68-3) is a polymer — a chain of repeating ethylene-oxide...
On June 26, 2026 the US Commerce Department set preliminary countervailing duties on citric acid from Canada (16.50%) and India (63.88%). A separate antidumping ruling with...
n-Butanol (n-butyl alcohol, 1-butanol, CAS 71-36-3, C₄H₁₀O) is a straight-chain, four-carbon primary alcohol — a colorless liquid with a characteristic banana-like odor, a boiling point of...
Hydrochloric acid (HCl, CAS 7647-01-0) is the acid nuclear vessels and their support facilities rely on to regenerate the cation ion-exchange resins inside water demineralizers —...
The best glycol for a brewery chiller is propylene glycol (C₃H₈O₂, CAS 57-55-6) mixed with deionized or distilled water at 30–35% by volume. Propylene glycol is...
Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) store grid-scale electricity in two tanks of vanadium ions dissolved in aqueous sulfuric acid (H₂SO₄). The sulfuric acid is the supporting...
Sulfuric acid (H2SO4, CAS 7664-93-9) is the most-produced chemical in the world and a barometer of industrial activity. In 2026 its supply tightened sharply because sulfur...
Photonics manufacturing — the fabrication of optical waveguides, silicon-photonic chips, and augmented-reality (AR) optics — relies on the same wet-chemistry backbone as semiconductor fabs: Piranha solution...
High pool pH is one of the most common water chemistry problems pool owners and commercial facility managers face. When pH climbs above 7.6, chlorine effectiveness...
Tert-butyl acetate (TBAc, CAS 540-88-5) is the ester of acetic acid and tert-butanol — a colorless, fast-drying organic solvent with the formula C6H12O2 and a faint...
Castor oil (CAS 8001-79-1) is a pale-yellow vegetable oil pressed from the seeds of the castor bean plant (Ricinus communis). It is chemically unique: roughly 85-90%...
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