Dichloromethane, DCM, Methylene Chloride Dichloromethane (DCM or methylene chloride) is a colorless, volatile liquid with a sweet odor. It is widely used in a variety of commercial applications, ...

Analytical chemists are increasingly considering sustainability, yet traditional organic solvents remain prevalent in practice. Green solvent selection guides, such as CHEM21, evaluate solvents based ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Absorption spectroscopy of a solution containing an analyte solute typically uses the ...

Discover a generic gas chromatography method for efficiently analyzing residual solvents in pharmaceuticals, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. A generic gas chromatography (GC-HS) method ...

Daily solvent use is pretty much a given in a synthetic chemistry lab. In academic laboratories, it’s such an ingrained part of research that chemists might forget that solvents can be serious safety ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued final rules banning the majority of uses of two solvents, trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE), under the 2016 amendments to the ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

Two commonly used solvents that have been linked to cancer were banned Monday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The solvents, known as trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (Perc), are ...

The two solvents, known as Perc and TCE, cause kidney cancer and other ailments, and have been the subject of years of controversy. By Hiroko Tabuchi The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday ...