Canadian Chemical News articles from September 2004

Canadian Chemical News archives from September 2004

Public understanding of chemistry: the chemical institute of Canada's outreach program.(Sponsorship 2004)
September 1, 2004... Sponsorship categories for Public Understanding of Chemistry (PUC) activities and promotional materials are listed below. Your support will go along way towards encouraging elementary and high school students to participate in the wonders...

Good to the last drop: investment in new fuel supply is critical.(Guest Column/Chroniqueur invite)(Column)
September 1, 2004... Modern industrial societies rely on petroleum to fuel economic growth and prosperity and the world now finds itself in a time when the entire spectrum of energy industries face significant change. Global energy demand continues to surge and...

A battery of energy proposals.(Letters/Lettres)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2004... Like Dr. Like Dr. Baird, I found the William E. Rees article in the April 2004 issue of ACCN to be "disturbing." Baird makes a veiled reference to the Malthus theory and its solution, chemical fertilizer. I am not sure that this solution...

Ronald Kirk Marat, MCIC, received a Long Service Award from the University of Manitoba.(University)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Ronald Kirk Marat, MCIC, received a Long Service Award from the University of Manitoba. The award is given to honoured employees who have reached the 25-year mark. Marat was one of six in the faculty of science to receive the award.

Lee Wilson, MCIC, was appointed May 1, 2004 to the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) chemistry department faculty.(University)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Lee Wilson, MCIC, was appointed May 1,2004 to the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) chemistry department faculty. He was the first Metis person to receive a PhD in chemistry at U of S, and he is now one of the first two Aboriginal professors...

Chemsemble is a chorale group comprised of Simon Fraser University (SFU) chemistry staff, students, and professors.(University)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Chemsemble is a chorale group comprised of Simon Fraser University (SFU) chemistry staff, students, and professors. Honjuan Hu, MCIC, Sophie Lavieri, MCIC, and the other members of this informal choir, invite anyone who likes to sing to join...

Margaret-Ann Armour, FCIC, received the American Chemistry Association's (ACS) Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences for her work in the formation and guidance of the program Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science, and Technology (WISEST).(Distinction)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Margaret-Ann Armour, FCIC, received the American Chemistry Association's (ACS) Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences for her work in the formation and guidance of the program Women in Scholarship, Engineering,...

The appointment of Jamie Scott as a Canada Research Chair in molecular immunity will help Simon Fraser University's newest faculty launch a master's program in population and public health.(Distinction)
September 1, 2004... The appointment of Jamie Scott as a Canada Research Chair in molecular immunity will help Simon Fraser University's newest faculty launch a master's program in population and public health. Scott, a professor of molecular biology and...

In memoriam.(Personals/Personnalites)(Herbert Buchwald)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
September 1, 2004... The CIC offers its condolences to the family of Herbert Buchwald, FCIC

Erratum.(Personals/Personnalites)(Correction Notice)
September 1, 2004... Gosh darm it! Element 110, darmstadtium, was misspelled on page 6 in the May 2004 issue of ACCN.

Low sulfur gasoline.(Husky Energy Inc. to expand its refinery)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Husky Energy will upgrade its Prince George, BC oil refinery to produce low sulphur gasoline and diesel fuels that meet Canada's new fuel specifications. The estimated project cost will be $73 million, with completion scheduled for the second...

Preserving the Alberta Advantage.(natural reserves)
September 1, 2004... With the concern in Alberta regarding diminishing sources of ethane extracted from conventional natural gas, oil sands hydrocarbons are being looked at as a feedstock for the petrochemical industry. The huge abundance of oil sands reserves and...

Where's the Canada in Petro-Canada?(Petro-Canada Inc.'s securities)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... The federal government has decided to sell its remaining 49 million Petro-Canada shares during the 2004-2005 fiscal year. The announcement has been met with mixed reactions. The Communications, Energy, and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP)...

Supplying the oil and gas industry with C[0.sub.2].(Air Liquide Canada Inc.'s new carbon dioxide facility)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... The oil and gas industry has been the main driving force behind the expansion of western Canada's industrial gas capacity. The latest addition is Air Liquide Canada's new carbon dioxide facility, but the company says it will shortly announce...

NRC research press now on google.(National Research Council Canada)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Research Press scientific content is now being indexed directly by the Google search engine. Google has crawled the entire NRC Research Press Web site, including the approximately 10,000 full-text journal articles. Users will be directed to the...

Pilot plant recovers titanium and zircon from oil sands.(Titanium Corporation Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Titanium Corporation has opened the world's first pilot plant to recover titanium and zircon from oil sands. Located at the Regina Research Park in Saskatchewan, the facility will test Titanium's Corporation's proprietary technology to recover...

Back to the drawing board.(Advanced Chemistry Development Inc.'s drawing software)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc. (ACD/Labs), of Toronto, ON, has announced the integration of their Web-based prediction and database search technology into the CambridgeSoft[R] ChemDraw[TM] and MDL[R] ISIS drawing programs. ACD/ Labs...

Petro-Canada acquires prima.(Prima Energy Corporation)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Petro-Canada has successfully completed its cash tender offer for all outstanding common shares of Colorado-based Prima Energy Corporation. Over 90 percent of the outstanding shares were tendered into Petro-Canada's offer of US$39.50 cash per...

Oil spill still a sticky situation.
September 1, 2004... The ecological consequences of oil spills are longer-term and broader-scale than previously thought. This news comes from researchers studying the effects of the most high profile oil spill in recent times--the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in...

NOVA's pipeline construction.(NOVA Chemicals Corp.'s purchasing agreements with Taylor NGL Limited Partnership)
September 1, 2004... NOVA Chemicals Corporation announced that Taylor NGL Limited Partnership has agreed to purchase an existing Alberta ethylene pipeline and a proposed pipeline that NOVA Chemicals will operate to transport Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs). The NGLs...

Hydrogenics' technology for NRC.(HyLYZER electrolyzer, National Research Council Canada)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Hydrogenics has announced that National Research Council Canada (NRC) will take delivery of a HyLYZER electrolyzer, which will use solar power to make pure hydrogen from water. The electrolyzer, which will produce 1.9 kilograms per day of...

Element number 111.(new chemical element named roentgenium)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... A joint IUPAC-IUPAP Working Party (JWP) has confirmed the discovery of element number 111 and this by the collaboration of Hofmann et al. from the Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung mbH (GSI) in Darmstadt, Germany. In accordance with IUPAC...

Oil from space?(Sorer Coefficient in Crude Oil test to explore petroleum)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... The hunt for the next big gusher has often been a big news story, but geologists and oil companies say that discoveries near the earth's surface have already been made. The new sources are several kilometres below the surface, and pumping from...

New hydrogen plant to supply Petro-Canada's refinery.
September 1, 2004... Air Products Canada Ltd. will construct a 71 million standard-cubic-feet-per-day hydrogen production plant to serve the Petro-Canada refinery in Edmonton, AB. The hydrogen and steam generating facility will be owned and operated by Air Products...

Please pass the syngas.
September 1, 2004... Recent field trials undertaken by the Environment and Plastics Industry Council (EPIC) show that the use of municipal plastic residues as a feedstock in gasification may provide an alternative source of clean energy to help meet the increasing...

CEPA 5-year review process begins.(Canadian Environmental Protection Act)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... When the new Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA '59) was passed, there was a requirement for a 5-year review. Accordingly, in March 2005, the Minister of Health and the Minister of Environment will have to begin the review process with...

Who's snooping around your computer?(Chemputing)
September 1, 2004... Remember George Orwell's 1984 with all those references to Big Brother watching you? If you are chemunicating with your computer, you will find that not only is Big Brother peering over your shoulder--so are all his sisters and his cousins and...

Pop quiz II.(Chemfusion)(Interview)
September 1, 2004... Holidays done? Warm up the ol' grey matter for your return to class with more of Dr. Joe's chemistry trivia. 1. Why was certified radioactive water (a.k.a. "Radithor") a popular commercial product in the 1920s? William Bailey attempted...

The Genie in the Bottle: 67 All New Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... The Genie in the Bottle: 67 All New Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life By Dr. Joe Schwarcz 20 cartoons by Brian Gable, published by ECW Press: Toronto, Canada, 2000. ISBN 1-55022442-5 We are continually bombarded...

Canada's energy outlook: industry Canada addresses the nation's energy challenges and opportunities.
September 1, 2004... Canada is rich in energy resources that underpin our economy and our lifestyle. Most of our energy is derived from hydrocarbons--coal, natural gas, and oil. These are used both as direct fuels and in the production of electricity. The only...

How sweet it is: R&D at Syncrude Canada leads to the upgrade of the bitumen process and product quality.
September 1, 2004... The Canadian oil sands resource is spread across 77,000 [km.sup.2], mostly in northern Alberta. It holds about 1.6 trillion barrels of bitumen. Of this, about 300 billion barrels (that is equivalent to Saudi Arabia's crude oil reserves) can be...

Digging deep: Canada's petroleum producers take drilling to entirely new levels.
September 1, 2004... Canada's petroleum producers are rising to the challenge to meet rising global energy demand. Forecasts are calling for a record 20,000 oil and gas wells to be drilled in Canada in 2004--and some estimates go as high as 22,000 wells. All...

Facts on Canadian oil and gas.
September 1, 2004... Natural gas * Canadian gas output was down slightly in 2003 from the average 6.3 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) produced annually in recent years. However, record drilling in the first quarter of 2004 should see gas output climb back to around...

CNC/IUPAC travel awards for 2005.(CSC Bulletin SCC)
September 1, 2004... BOURSES DE VOYAGE DU CNC/UICPA POUR 2005 The Canadian National Committee for IUPAC (CNC/IUPAC) established a program of Travel Awards for young Canadian scientists in 1982. These Awards are financed jointly by the Canadian Society for...

CSCT board of directors nominations: Canadian Society for Chemical Technology.(CSCT Bulletin SCTC)(Tom Sutton, Joffre M. Berry, Murray Watt )
September 1, 2004... The CSCT nominating committee is chaired by Murray Watt, MCIC, of Imperial Oil. Under the terms of CSCT bylaws Article V, bylaw III--Officers and Directors, Section 2--the committee has proposed the candidates listed below to serve as CSCT...

75th lecture program.(Local Section News)(Jacqueline Barton to speek at 75th CSC Conference)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Planning is underway for the next invited speaker in tie 75th CSC Conference lecture program of the Edmonton CIC Local Section. Jacqueline Barton, the Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of...

Report on the 18th Canadian Symposium on Catalysis: Montreal, May 16-19, 2004.(Division News)
September 1, 2004... The biennial Canadian Symposium on Catalysis that took place in Montreal, QC, from May 16-19, 2004 (18th edition), was once again a success. Organized by the Catalysis Division and dedicated to all aspects of catalysis, including fundamental,...

National Chemistry Week: October 16-23 octobre 2004.(NCW News/Nouvelles de la SNC)
September 1, 2004... Semaine nationale de la chimie www.cheminst.ca/ncw Public Understanding of Chemistry The Sponsors (as of August 5, 2004) Gold Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research Silver H.L. Blachford Ltd. Syncrude Canada...

Graduate studies fair: October 5, 2004, 13:00-16:00.(Student News/Nouvelles des etudiants)
September 1, 2004... Representatives from graduate schools throughout Canada will be present at the Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference to answer questions and provide information regarding their individual programs. This fair is always an excellent...

Career fair: October 5, 2004, 9:00-16:00.(Student News/Nouvelles des etudiants)
September 1, 2004... Graduating students (BSc, MSc, and PhD), postdoctoral fellows, and unemployed members will have the opportunity to meet with a number of industrial representatives and explore the possibility of future employment at the Canadian Chemical...

Canadian students shine at International Olympiad/Des etudiants canadiens brillent a l'Olympiade internationale.(Division News/Nouvelles de divisions)
September 1, 2004... I am thrilled to announce the wonderful results of the Canadian Team at the International Chemistry Olympiad, which was held in Kiel, Germany, from July 18-27, 2004. Participant Province Medal Mara Inniss Quebec Bronze...

Events/Evenements.(Calendar)
September 1, 2004... Canada Seminars and courses October 4-5, 2004. ICPES--Inductively Coupled Plasma Emission Spectroscopy, Canadian Society for Chemical Technology, Calgary, AB. Tel.: 888-542-2242; Web site: www.cheminst.ca/profdev. October 4-5,...

Role of passive oxide films in governing corrosion processes.(Milestones of Canadian Chemistry in the 20th Century)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... During his 36 years at NRC, Morris Cohen's research interests were focused primarily on the nature of oxide films formed either electrochemically or under dry thermal conditions and he made significant contributions on the role of passive oxide...