Canadian Chemical News articles from June 2007

Canadian Chemical News archives from June 2007

The more we know: the simple pleasures of summers past and present.(GUEST COLUMN / CHRONIQUEUR INVITE)(Column)
June 1, 2007... It is indeed a pleasure to contribute a guest column to an issue of ACCN devoted to summer chemistry, especially in the same year that I have the honour of being elected the president of the Canadian Society for Chemistry. Let me begin by...

Letters/Lettres.(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2007... I was surprised and intrigued to see the February 2007 issue of ACCN dedicated to green chemistry. The five published articles were a great read and very informative. Roland Andersson's message indicates that Canada is definitely playing an...

Clarification.(LETTERS / LETTRES)(Correction notice)
June 1, 2007... CLARIFICATION: Belated congratulations to W. G. Forbes, FCIC, who became a 50-Year Member of the CIC in 2005. His name should have been included with his peers in the acknowledgement that ran in the September 2005 issue of ACCN.

Canada/U.S. advance cellulose ethanol technology.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Industry Canada and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have announced plans to provide funds to Iogen Energy for the development of cellulose ethanol production. Ottawa has awarded Iogen a $7.7 million repayable investment in a research and...

NOVA Chemicals and Aux Sable unite for Alberta ethane extraction plant.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... NOVA Chemicals Corporation has signed a letter of intent with Aux Sable Canada Ltd. ("ASC") to develop an ethane extraction plant in Fort Saskatchewan, AB, that will process natural gas from the Alliance Pipeline. ASC and NOVA Chemicals will...

Universities get $6 million to build "green" BioCars.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)
June 1, 2007... Imagine every car in Ontario having a "green" interior, with the dashboard, seats, headrests, door panels, and other parts made from composites of agricultural crops like corn and wheat. The concept took a step closer to reality with the...

Methanex plant in Chile.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)(GeoPark Holdings)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Methanex has signed a memorandum of understanding with GeoPark Holdings, which will provide for the long-term supply, development, and acquisition of new natural gas reserves in Chile. The deal includes a ten-year gas supply and purchase...

Canada's first cellulosic ethanol demo plant.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)(Lignol Innovations, Suncor Energy Products )(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Lignol Innovations, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lignol Energy, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Suncor Energy Products regarding the first cellulosic ethanol commercial demonstration plant in Canada. The deal grants Suncor a right...

All aboard for safety.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)(Union Pacific Railroad and Dow Chemical sign memorandum of cooperation )(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Union Pacific Railroad and Dow Chemical have signed a memorandum of cooperation (MOC) reinforcing the companies' long history of working together to improve safety and security in chemical transportation. In addition to contributing to the...

New tax measures to aid chemical industry.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)
June 1, 2007... Canada's Chemical Producers' Association (CCPA) says new tax measures in the federal budget will help the chemical industry. CCPA has praised the federal government for providing tax relief to the manufacturing sector in its 2007 budget,...

Three cheers for the MIDW.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)(Maritime Inorganic Discussion Weekend )(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... The Maritime Inorganic Discussion Weekend (MIDW) celebrated its third annual installment at Mount Allison University in Sackville, NB, on March 3 and 4, 2007. Despite some early weather concerns, the event was very well attended again this...

Teaming up against antiviral targets.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)(Dalton Medicinal Chemistry Partners, Boehringer Ingelheim )(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Dalton Medicinal Chemistry Partners, the medicinal chemistry arm of Dalton Pharma Services, has signed a medicinal chemistry agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. Dalton Medicinal Chemistry Partners will utilize their medicinal...

Kruger thinking of de-inking.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Kruger will invest $200 million at its Trois-Rivieres, QC, mill to provide 342 kilotonnes per year of de-inking capacity. The unit will employ new technology to produce two grades of pulp that can be used to manufacture newsprint and...

Industrial waste recycling on the rise.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)(Kingston Poly-Pacific International )
June 1, 2007... Kingston Poly-Pacific International has signed a conditional agreement with owners of a ten-acre landfill site in Kingston, ON containing waste nylon. The agreement allows Poly-Pacific to conduct its due diligence to encompass an assessment of...

Patent quest.
June 1, 2007... Lawyer and patent agent, Daphne C. Lainson, MCIC, answers your questions on patenting your discoveries. Send your questions to patentquest@accn.ca. Q: I own a small company that has a number of patents. I am considering a new corporate...

Smack that!(mosquitoe repellents)
June 1, 2007... Guests at the Cypress Cove Nudist Resort in Florida routinely emerge from the swimming pool and walk over to a nearby row of citrosa plants. They proceed to shake the shrubbery and then rub their hands on their thighs. This is not some sort of...

Swimming pool chemistry.
June 1, 2007... We bought a swimming pool. One of the first things I noticed was that pool chemistry terms are confusing to both specialists and lay people alike. A pool manual's usage of terms such as "alkalinity" and "free chlorine" are not textbook...

Chemistry in your garden.(fertilizers)
June 1, 2007... Pull up a lawn chair in the sun, pour a nice cool drink, and watch the chemistry going on in your backyard. Right in the green lawn, the flower beds, and the cedar hedge, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and sulphur are helping your garden...

Categorizing chemicals in Canada.
June 1, 2007... Medicines, computers, fabrics--nearly every aspect of our lives involves chemicals. While we all depend on the benefits of chemical substances, we also understand there are risks that some can pose to human health and the environment. Canada...

Prophecy & science: climatheologists claim to know what will happen 50 years from now.
June 1, 2007... You have heard of scientology. It's a religious system based on seeking self-knowledge and spiritual fulfillment. Climatheology is an allied faith, a belief system based on seeking climate prophecy fulfillment through observing trends in the...

Bantrel Forum on Design in Chemical Engineering.(Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference )(Conference news)
June 1, 2007... 2005 Bantrel Forum on Design in Chemical Engineering Process Design in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum: Best Practices 101 Andrew Hart, MCIC, Bantrel Co. Paul Szabo, MCIC, Xerox Research Centre of Canada Paul Stuart, MCIC,...

Lewis Kay.(RECOGNITION / RECONNAISSANCE)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Lewis Kay, professor of biochemistry and medical genetics and microbiology at the University of Toronto (U of T), is the recipient of the 2006 Dales Award. Established in 1991 by the U of T life sciences committee to acknowledge sustained...

35th SOUSCC students compete.(RECOGNITION / RECONNAISSANCE)
June 1, 2007... The 35th Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference (SOUSCC) took place on March 17, 2007, at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa, ON. The organizing committee, led by Krisztina Paal, MCIC, put together...

Geoffrey Rayner-Canham.(RECOGNITION / RECONNAISSANCE)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) is pleased to announce that Geoffrey Rayner-Canham, FCIC, was among those named a 2007 honoree of the 3M National Teaching Fellowships. Rayner-Canham is a professor of chemistry...

Donald R. Woods.(RECOGNITION / RECONNAISSANCE)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Donald R. Woods, FCIC, professor emeritus at McMaster University, recently published two books with Wiley-VCH. Successful Trouble Shooting for Process Engineers details the principles of and skills used in trouble-shooting and provides 50...

Three Canadian chemists join the ranks of U.S. rising stars from establishments such as Cornell, Johns Hopkins, and Sloan-Kettering.(RECOGNITION / RECONNAISSANCE)(Deborah Zamble, Laurel L. Schafer and Ruth Signorell awarded )(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Three Canadian chemists join the ranks of U.S. rising stars from establishments such as Cornell, Johns Hopkins, and Sloan-Kettering. Deborah Zamble, MCIC, Canada Research Chair in biological chemistry and associate professor in the department...

In memoriam.(RECOGNITION / RECONNAISSANCE)(Obituary)
June 1, 2007... The CIC extends its condolences to the families of: Stuart G. Davis, FCIC Harry G. Krokosh, MCIC D. B. Tonks, FCIC

Supporting chemical education.(RECOGNITION / RECONNAISSANCE)
June 1, 2007... The CIC Chemical Education Fund (CEF} is made available from individual member donations and from earnings on trust fund balances accumulated from the generous contributions of the chemical industry over many years. The Fund's objective is to...

Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering Board of Directors nominations (2007-2008)/ Presentation des candidats pour le conseil d'administration de la Societe canadienne de genie chimique (2007-2008).(RECOGNITION / RECONNAISSANCE)
June 1, 2007... The Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE) Nominating Committee, appointed under the terms of CSChE bylaws Article 8, Section k, has proposed the candidates listed below to serve as CSChE officers for 2007-2008. Paul Stuart, MCIC,...

Events/Evenements.(Calendar)
June 1, 2007... Canada Conferences July 8-12, 2007. CHEMRAWN-XVII and ICCDU-IX Conference on Greenhouse Gases: Mitigation and Utilization, Kingston, ON September 18-21, 2007. CropLife Canada's 2007 Conference and Annual General Meeting, The Power...