A firm that makes chemicals used by the paper industry has received a seven-figure fine after two uncontrolled releases of acid at a site in Essex.

CCTV footage showed a hydrogen chloride gas cloud engulfing the atmosphere within 60 seconds and nearby schools were forced ...

A UK chemical manufacturing company has been fined £2.5 million following two incidents of uncontrolled releases of highly ...

A chemical manufacturing company has been fined £2.5 million following two incidents of uncontrolled acid releases in south ...

A chemical manufacturing company has been fined £2.5 million following two incidents of uncontrolled acid releases in south Essex. Industrial Chemicals Ltd, based in West Thurrock, pleaded guilty to ...

A little water helps expose the sodium so it can react with the chlorine gas. The reaction releases a lot of heat as the ionic compound sodium chloride is formed. A sodium and chlorine atom are near ...

A cotton swab is dipped into concentrated hydrochloric acid (producing hydrogen chloride gas) while a second on is dipped into concentrated aqueous ammonia (producing ammonia gas). Both cotton swabs ...

Waste polyvinyl chloride can be upcycled into valuable chemical feedstocks in a process that combines pyrolysis with ...

Growing Demand in Chemical Industry: Aluminium chloride plays a crucial role as a catalyst in Friedel-Crafts reactions, which ...