Corey Williams remembers the pungent vinegar smell of acetic acid and the fear he had when he worked at an industrial facility and climbed on tanks that contained it. What if the roof collapsed and he ...

LyondellBasell says the primary substance that leaked causing two deaths and 30 hospitalizations at its facility in La Porte on Tuesday evening is acetic acid. According to a safety data sheet on the ...

LA PORTE, Texas — Investigators are working to find out what happened in the moments leading up to a deadly acid leak at a La Porte facility. It happened around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the LyondellBasell ...

The breakthrough offers a promising new approach to reducing plastic pollution through photocatalysis, a metabolic pathway ...

Instead of treating plastic purely as waste, new research shows that it can be transformed into something useful — acetic acid, a key component of vinegar and an important industrial chemical.

HOUSTON – LyondellBasell – the company that owns the plant where two workers were killed and 30 others were injured after a chemical leak Tuesday night – is one of the largest plastics, chemicals and ...

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LA PORTE, Texas — An All Clear alarm sounded Wednesday after last night's deadly chemical leak at the LyondellBasell facility in La Porte. Now that the situation is officially under control, the ...

Sunlight hits tiny particles of plastic floating in a clear water solution. Slowly, they begin to disappear, leaving behind a ...

Vinegar is a common household substance, but in chemistry it has a specific scientific identity. The acid also known as vinegar is acetic acid, a weak organic acid with the chemical formula CH₃COOH.