Canadian Chemical News articles from October 2007

Canadian Chemical News archives from October 2007

Laboratory safety: a course in professional development.(GUEST COLUMN
October 1, 2007... Imagine yourself as you start your first job. Your position is in a well-established laboratory. You concentrate on learning all the new procedures and standard operating procedures, getting to know the culture of the lab. A senior scientist...

What are web references worth?(LETTERS / LETTRES)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2007... The July/August 2007 issue of ACCN illustrates a disturbing (at least to me) trend towards possible, indeed likely, mis-information. ACCN is not the only well-respected publication to be "guilty" of this trend. I refer to the articles that...

Hola green chemistry.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Marissa Bender, MCIC, knows the importance of green chemistry and its benefits for the environment. Green chemistry addresses the reduction or elimination of harmful substances, and efficiency in reactions and...

Alberta's feedstock ethane supply at a crossroads.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)
October 1, 2007... Dow Chemical's feedstock and energy manager, Rob McNeil, gave a presentation on Alberta's petrochemical feedstock requirements at the recent 2007 petrochemical conference held by the Canadian Energy Research Institute. McNeil outlined the state...

Dow and Crystalsev's sweet deal.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Dow Chemical Company and Crystalsev, one of Brazil's largest ethanol players, have announced plans for a world-scale facility to manufacture polyethylene from sugar cane. Under the terms of a memorandum of...

CJChE signs on with Wiley-Blackwell.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)
October 1, 2007... The Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE) announces that it has signed an agreement with Wiley-Blackwell, a part of global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., to publish The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (CJChE) on its...

CCPA aims sky high on federal clean air agenda.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)
October 1, 2007... Canada's Chemical Producers' Association (CCPA) has sent a letter to federal ministers to suggest several key adjustments to the implementation of the clean air regulatory agenda (CARA). The CCPA believes that these suggestions will provide...

APICS/CIC Atlantic student chemistry conference.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)(Atlantic Provinces Council on the Sciences/ Chemical Institute of Canada )(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Acadia University hosted the 32nd annual Atlantic Provinces Council on the Sciences/ Chemical Institute of Canada (APICS/CIC) Atlantic Student Chemistry Conference in Wolfville, NS. The conference was attended by...

Code to advance hydrogen in Canada.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)
October 1, 2007... A new hydrogen installation code heralds a new era for the advancement of the hydrogen economy in Canada, according to the Bureau de normalisation du Quebec (BNQ). The new code is a comprehensive document defining the installation requirements...

CIC Energy Division to launch at 57th CSChE conference.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)
October 1, 2007... Under the umbrella of the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC), the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE) is leading the initiative to establish an Energy Division. This is particularly important at a time when Canada's energy future...

RSC celebrates 125 years.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)(Royal Society of Canada )(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... The Royal Society of Canada (RSC): The Academies of Arts, Humanities, and Sciences of Canada, one of the founding members of the Council of Canadian Academies, is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. A special dinner was held May 25,...

Bondar on benefits of biotech.(NEWS / NOUVELLES)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Roberta Bondar, the first Canadian woman in space, delivered her "Message from MARS," sharing stories of the value, benefits, and unique contributions biotechnology has made to our everyday lives. These noteworthy...

Patent quest.(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... Q: I have been part of a team studying new ways of delivering drugs to patients, and, in particular, drugs that have low oral bioavailability. We have surprisingly found that some of these drugs may be delivered in the mouth when formulated as...

Perils of poison control.(CHEM FUSION)
October 1, 2007... The young man's history of visual and auditory hallucinations caused his family great concern. He told his mother that he had swallowed rat poison to get rid of rats in his body after seeing one in his stool. Physicians found no sign of...

How curved is your surface--peptides tell all.(Chemical Shifts)
October 1, 2007... Self-assembled monolayers on flat gold surfaces have been well studied for a variety of molecules. One of the unique features of these assemblies is that even weak inter-chain interactions can control the packing of, for example, alkyl thiols,...

Picking the right key with microwave spectroscopy.(Chemical Shifts)
October 1, 2007... When Emil Fischer introduced the concept of "lock and key" to describe the interaction of an enzyme with a substrate, he had coined a phrase that has since been used as a metaphor by researchers in enzymology, supra-molecular chemistry, and...

Organic molecular magnets leave the glove box.(Chemical Shifts)(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... In the not too distant future, we may be using organic magnets to pin shopping lists to the refrigerator. The advantage of organic magnets is that they can be made into a variety of sizes and shapes controlled by simple solution-based casting...

The critical link: process safety leadership is essential to successful plant operation.(Cover story)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the twenty years since Process Safety Management (PSM) was adopted by leading chemical corporations worldwide, a lot of developments have occurred. While the benefits of a PSM framework should be obvious to...

Jumpin' flashback: Air Liquide Canada Inc. develops safer equipment and gas delivery solutions.
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Acetylene is an unstable hydrocarbon that must be handled with care. For over 100 years, it has been the number one choice, worldwide, for welding, cutting, brazing, and heating. The oxyacetylene process is still one...

Guiding light: glow-in-the-dark material improves building evacuations.(Reprint)
October 1, 2007... The National Research Council Canada (NRC) and Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) pooled their resources to test the effectiveness of a new fire safety system at a two-tower, 11-storey federal office building in downtown...

Safety at play: there's more fun to be had when chemistry gets in the game.
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] One would hardly expect being knocked unconscious by a foreign object to become a cherished memory. Except when that object happens to be a soccer ball rocketing off the boot of the most famous player in the world....

Digitized: Canadian Journal of Chemistry back issues are now on-line.(Company overview)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As a publishing house, NRC Press fully recognizes that the advent of electronic back issues and Web access has revolutionized the process of research, and that the chemistry community in particular is a strong...

Challenges for a changing world. Preparations begin for the ... WCCE8--the 8th world congress of chemical engineering.(MONTREAL 2009: 8TH WORLD CONGRESS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING)
October 1, 2007... Montreal, Quebec, Canada * August 23-27, 2009 Organizing committee executive Congress chair: Philippe Tanguy, MCIC, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal Congress vice-chair: Richard Munz, MCIC, McGill University Technical program...

Do you like to experiment?(RECOGNITION / RECONNAISSANCE)
October 1, 2007... Try this experiment with your own little scientists and send us news of the results! Make your own Bubble Gum Teach kids how to make bubble gum as a lesson in the science of food polymers. Ingredients: 1/3 cup gum base ...

In memoriam.(RECOGNITION / RECONNAISSANCE)(Tony Papadopoulos)(In memoriam)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I started my chemical career as a chemist. After moving to Toronto, I became an active member of the CIC Local Section executive. After adding that P.Eng. after my name, I decided to get involved with the CSChE...

Bantrel Award in Design and Industrial Practice/ Prix Bantrel de la conception et de la pratique industrielle.(CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2007 AWARD WINNERS/GAGNANTS 2007 DES PRIX DE LA SOCIETE CANADIENNE DE GENIE CHIMIQUE)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Sponsored by / Parraine par Bantrel The Bantrel Award in Design and Industrial Practice is given to a Canadian citizen or a resident of Canada for innovative design or production activities accomplished in...

D. G. Fisher Award/ Prix D.-G.-Fisher.(CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2007 AWARD WINNERS/GAGNANTS 2007 DES PRIX DE LA SOCIETE CANADIENNE DE GENIE CHIMIQUE)
October 1, 2007... Sponsored by / Parraine par The department of chemical and materials engineering, University of Alberta, Suncor Energy Foundation and Shell Canada Limited/ Le departement de genie chimique et des materiaux de la University of Alberta, la Suncor...

Process Safety Management Award/ Prix de gestion de la securite operationnelle.(CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2007 AWARD WINNERS/GAGNANTS 2007 DES PRIX DE LA SOCIETE CANADIENNE DE GENIE CHIMIQUE)
October 1, 2007... Sponsored by / Parraine par AON Reed Stenhouse Inc. The Process Safety Management Award is presented as a mark of recognition to a person who has made an outstanding contribution in Canada to the Process Safety Management (PSM) Division of...

R. S. Jane Memorial Award/ Prix commemoratif R.-S.-Jane.(CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2007 AWARD WINNERS/GAGNANTS 2007 DES PRIX DE LA SOCIETE CANADIENNE DE GENIE CHIMIQUE)
October 1, 2007... Sponsored by / Parraine par CSChE The R. S. Jane Memorial Award is the premier prize of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering and is awarded for exceptional achievement in chemical engineering or industrial chemistry. Le Prix...

Syncrude Canada Innovation Award/ Prix d'innovation syncrude Canada.(CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2007 AWARD WINNERS/GAGNANTS 2007 DES PRIX DE LA SOCIETE CANADIENNE DE GENIE CHIMIQUE)
October 1, 2007... Sponsored by / Parraine par Syncrude Canada Limited The Syncrude Canada Innovation Award is presented annually to a resident of Canada, who has made a distinguished contribution to chemical engineering before the age of 40. Le Prix...

The Norman and Marion Bright Memorial Award/ Prix commemoratif Norman et Marion Bright.(CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2007 AWARD WINNERS/GAGNANTS 2007 DES PRIX DE LA SOCIETE CANADIENNE DE GENIE CHIMIQUE)(New Brunswick Community College)
October 1, 2007... Sponsored by / Parraine par the Norman and Marion Bright Fund/ Le fonds de Norman et Marion Bright The Norman and Marion Bright Memorial Award is awarded to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution in Canada to the...

Events/Evenements.(Conference news)(Calendar)
October 1, 2007... Canada Conferences October 28-31,2007.57th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Edmonton, AB, www.csche2007.ca November 9-11, 2007.35th Ontario-Quebec Physical Organic Mini-Symposium (POMS), Waterloo, ON,...