If we're looking for life as we don't know it, the best solvent out there may be concentrated sulfuric acid — the stuff that's floating around in the clouds of Venus.

More information: Daniel Duzdevich et al, Simple lipids form stable higher-order structures in concentrated sulfuric acid, arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2409.12982 Provided by Universe Today ...

Sulfuric acid (H2SO4) is the most-produced chemical globally, with an annual market size of ≈300 tonnes (333 US tons). The market size is expected to grow to ≈364 tonnes by 2030. Sulfuric acid ...

Cornerstone Chemical Co, operator of Cornerstone Energy Park in Waggaman, Louisiana, announced the sale of its Sulfuric Acid operations to Ecovyst.

The determination in 1953 of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), with its two entwined helices and paired organic bases, was a tour de force in X-ray crystallography. But more ...

FBI Houston says bottles of sulfuric acid were found inside a cooler at a Harris County storage facility rented by the Bourbon Street terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar.

Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE: ECVT), a leading integrated and innovative global provider of advanced materials, specialty catalysts, virgin sulfuric acid and sulfuric acid regeneration services ("Ecovyst ...

Elessent Clean Technologies proudly announces a significant milestone: 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of MECS® sulfuric acid catalyst products. ... oil refining and general chemical industries.

Sulfuric acid is frequently transported due it its ample industrial uses. The CDC said the chemical is used in the manufacture of fertilizers, explosives, other acids and glue, and is also used in ...