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The article discusses fundamental industrial research undertaken by the American chemical company DuPont between World War I and World War II. It comments on DuPont's program of fundamental research that was launched in 1928, particularly examining the colloid chemistry and physics groups. The author considers the relationships between the physical sciences, chemical technology, and the chemical industry. He also notes that these groups conducted research on mineral paints, cellulose derivatives, and synthetic polymers.

A novel process for the treatment of hazardous waste Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) glass, based on self-propagating reaction, was proposed. In the process, various types of CRT glass powders were blended with suitable amount of ferric oxide and magnesium, and the mixtures could generate self-propagating reaction once locally ignited by a thermal source. Generally, the self-propagating reaction could be well maintained when the CRT glass content in the mixture was no more than 60wt.%, and the combustion wave velocity and maximum combustion temperature decreased along with the increase in glass amount. XPS experiments showed that heavy elements in the final products became more stable and were solidified during the process. Leaching tests demonstrated that heavy metals in the final products fulfilled the environmental regulations of USEPA. It is supposed that the detoxified products have the potential of being used as construction materials. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

A German-US collaboration led by OH-Energy Germany GmbH, the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT, Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research, and the University of Delaware has released initial results demonstrating a peak power density of 616 mW/cm2 for a non-platinum fuel cell at 80°C. The results indicate that the partnership is on track to reach its stated goal of delivering 600 mW/cm2 for a platinum-free fuel cell by 2015. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the research of Susumu Kitagawa and team that investigates uniaxial atatic polystyrene alignment to create pseudo-crystalline arrangement of porous coordination polymers (PCP) in the U.S.