OSHA has revised its acetylene standard. The agency said its new final rule replaces references to outdated industry standards with updated references reflecting current industry practices. The ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orion Engineered Carbons (NYSE: OEC), a specialty chemical company, today announced plans to build the only plant in the U.S. producing acetylene-based conductive additives – ...

Look around you. Is there anything – anything – within a 25- to 30-foot radius that could catch on fire if, say, a shower of sparks were to land on it? Are you sure? What are you wearing? Does your ...

One reason fuel gases are so useful is they easily ignite. That is also one reason they are so dangerous. A flame need not be present, a hot surface (only 600ºF) can do the job. These gases ignite at ...

The reaction between active nitrogen and acetylene was studied in a low-pressure flow reactor using a leak to a mass spectrometer as the analytical device and varying reaction time from a few to 45 ms ...