Bacteria and fungi, as well as the human body, activate styrene with the help of oxygen and form styrene oxide. While styrene itself is toxic, styrene oxide is even more harmful. Rapid ...

Industry analysts estimate that by 2023, chemical makers will produce about 30 million metric tons of styrene—a monomer that’s used to make polystyrene and copolymers. Now, chemical engineers ...

National Toxicology Program scientists said last month that they believe styrene metabolizes when it comes in contact with the human body, bonding with oxygen to form styrene oxide, a chemical ...

Pyrowave has developed a microwave technology to return waste polystyrene plastics to their original form — styrene monomers, which Pyrowave claims is "identical to virgin material," but with a ...

Catalytic epoxidation involves the addition of an oxygen atom across the carbon–carbon double bond of styrene to form styrene oxide, a key intermediate in the production of polymers and fine ...

(RTTNews) - LyondellBasell (LYB), a plastics, chemicals and refining company, announced late Monday that it has signed an agreement with China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. or Sinopec to form a 50:50 ...

Polystyrene is made from styrene building blocks and is the most widely used plastic in terms of volume, for example in packaging. Unlike PET, which can now be produced and recycled using ...

National Toxicology Program scientists said last month that they believe styrene metabolizes when it comes in contact with the human body, bonding with oxygen to form styrene oxide, a chemical ...

Group Michelin's recycled styrene monomer project with Canadian startup Pyrowave Inc. has moved one step closer to commercial readiness, keeping the French tire maker's goal of having a fully ...