What happens when you mix Calcium Carbide and water? You get Acetylene gas—one of the most flammable and explosive gases ...

Heteroatom-doped carbon-based materials are acknowledged as a promising approach to enhance catalytic activity. In this study ...

Broken, rusty parts are common fare for classic trucks. Rust penetrates the pores of older metal, and even with glass-beading and acid dips, rust remains chemically embedded in badly oxidized metal.

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A man is being treated for serious injuries after an acetylene tank he had in his vehicle exploded in Holden Saturday morning, according to Massachusetts fire officials.The State Fire Marshal's Office ...

Acetylene is one of the primary starting materials for chemical synthesis. However, acetylene is a highly flammable gas, dangerous and difficult to use in regular research laboratories. A novel solid ...

Acetylene hydratase (AH) is a unique enzyme that catalyses the hydration of acetylene to acetaldehyde using a tungsten centre as the key catalytic site. The enzyme’s active site is distinguished by ...

On March 21, 2011, an explosion at the Carbide Industries, LLC calcium carbide manufacturing plant in Louisville, Ky., took offline the largest calcium carbide furnace in the Americas. Carbide ...

Two new papers based on data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft scrutinize the complex chemical activity on the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan. While non-biological chemistry offers one possible ...

Look around you. Is there anything – anything – within a 25- to 30-foot radius that could catch on fire if, say, a shower of sparks were to land on it? Are you sure? What are you wearing? Does your ...

HOLDEN — One person was seriously injured after an acetylene tank exploded in the trunk of his car Saturday morning, according to the Massachusetts State Fire Marshal’s office. Along with Fire Chief ...