Analytical chemistry pertains to determining the chemical composition of a substance and the quantity of each substance present. From the nanogram to kilogram scale, there is a method for determining what is there and how much. But the important...

The chemical industry comprises the companies that produce industrial chemicals. It is central to modern world economy, converting raw materials (oil, natural gas, air, water, metals, minerals) into more than 70,000 different products. Polymers and...

Some dangerous chemicals could be banned from the European market and about 30,000 substances used in everyday products ranging from detergents to toys will have to be registered in a central European Union database under a law approved Wednesday.The European Parliament passed the law _...

Water supplies to 200,000 people in eastern China were cut for 40 hours due to groundwater pollution, allegedly from chemical plants, state media reported Wednesday.Taps ran dry from Monday to Wednesday in Shuyang, a city in Jiangsu province where a massive outbreak of blue-green algae...

Imperial Chemical Industries PLC rejected an informal 7.2 billion pound ($14.2 billion) takeover bid by Akzo Nobel NV, the company said Monday.Its shares soared more than 16 percent as analysts saw higher bids as a possibility.ICI, which makes Dulux paints, said its board unanimously rejected...