Abstract: Synthetic ester insulating oil emerges as an environmentally friendly substitute for mineral insulating oil. However, the intrinsic ester structure poses challenges to its oxidation ...

Why do avocados turn brown in a flash? The answer is in the air. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The second you cut open an ...

Anodizing uses an electric current to develop a thick, hard, corrosive-free layer on metals such as aluminum by oxidizing. It gives a structure firmly fixed to the metal, which does not chip or peel ...

A new, two-step strategy for making substituted piperidines offers chemists a more efficient way to make these biologically relevant molecules. The method, which leverages enzymatic oxidation and ...

Emily Saladino is a journalist, editor, and recipe developer in New York. Previously a culinary editor at Food Network and managing editor of Wine Enthusiast, she works as a contributing editor at ...

The special chemistry of this shiny iron alloy creates a protective layer on its surface that prevents it from rusting. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

I’m nasty, but useful in the lab. What molecule am I? In German Patent 182,287 (1905), inventor Max le Blanc of Leipzig described an electrolytic method for the continuous production for chromic acid ...

If water is the key to life, then oxygen is the key to animal life. All animals breathe oxygen. Despite decades of research, however, scientists still don’t know when Earth’s atmosphere held enough ...

A thin slice of the ancient rocks collected from Gakkel Ridge near the North Pole, photographed under a microscope and seen under cross-polarized light. Field width ~ 14mm. Analyzing rocks in thin ...