Mar 24, 2008

Pricing Petrochemical Know-how

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An informatics approach to pricing petrochemical products has been devised by scientists at the Market Research Department of the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) in Tehran, Iran. Their model puts a price on “know-how”, which is the most complicated activity of the commercialization stage.

Writing in the International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management, (2008, 8, 279-297), Reza Bandarian, Ahmad Mousaei, Abbasali Ghadirian and Maham Tabatabaei explain their approach. “The RIPI has a …

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Mar 20, 2008

Drinking Softened Water

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A Chemspy reader sent me an email asking about the best way to fix their water softener.

Hi, I have a water softener. I met a local repair service, not affiliated with the manufacturer in any way, who can rebuild my broken unit with better quality after-market parts. Sounds like a good plan to me.

So far so good…the reader goes on…

The repair guy proposes to add some good quality resin to the tank to “top it …

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Mar 19, 2008

Basic Chemistry Resources

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Intute provides links and tutorials for educators and researchers in a wide range of disciplines. Part of their efforts involves hosting David Bradley’s monthly Spotlight column in the sciences section. The organisation also publishes a range of booklets that provide fast and direct access to a stack of useful resources.

The 12-page chemistry booklet is now available in HTML and PDF formats for access online, with live and updating links. The page comes out of …

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