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The authors' claim is that it is cheaper than other catalytic methods that have been explored/invented to depolymerize PET into TPA monomers. These qualitative cost estimates are b…

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I recall when touring the office some kid eating Cheeze-its by the handful and downing cans of Red Bull. Fun times.

Jet fuel is comprised mostly of hydrocarbons with 8 to 16 C atoms, and a large fraction of these hydrocarbons are straight-chain alkanes. Combustion of dodecane (a C12 straight-cha…

Membranes segregate mixtures of molecules into their individual components. This segregation typically requires pore diffusion and relies on the sizes of the molecules being distin…

My favorite TC Boyle story: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/03/01/chicxulub/amp

The authors of the article in topic provide a more coherent explanation than I could ever articulate: >> Conventionally, the formation of chemical bonds is due to a decrease in pot…

The decrease in potential energy upon vdW bond formation in reactions with typical hydrogen isotopes dominates the negligible gains in vibrational zero-point energy from reactants …