Several industries require essential processes for separating mixtures into their constituent substances. Advancing research, scientists from Japan have now developed a novel, versatile, and ...

A new study describes a novel approach for purifying rare earth metals, crucial components of technology that require environmentally-damaging mining procedures. By relying on the metal's magnetic ...

A solid sorbent that selectively binds hydrocarbons may help the petrochemical industry reduce costs and energy consumption by increasing the efficiency of—or eliminating—energy-intensive separation ...

A solid sorbent that selectively binds hydrocarbons may help the petrochemical industry reduce costs and energy consumption by increasing the efficiency of—or eliminating—energy-intensive separations ...

Natural gas is an abundant energy source that has a large role in the global transition to net-zero emissions (refs 1, 2 and go.nature.com/3nabv2x). But the methane ...

Eric J. Schelter, assistant professor in the Chemistry Department at the University of Pennsylvania, speaks to AZoM about the recent development of a new way to chemically separate neodymium and ...

It is very important to separate and purify products from synthetic reaction mixtures. Extraction methods are used for separating the desired product from un-reacted starting materials or from ...

Seventy-five of the periodic table's 118 elements are carried in the pockets and purses of more than 100 million U.S. iPhone users every day. Some of these elements are abundant, like silicon in ...