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Redesigning hand sanitizer and donating 7,000 gallons to fight COVID-19

So many people Seth Marder spoke to didn't see the hand sanitizer crisis brewing. The country was going to run dangerously short if someone did not act urgently.

The professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology rallied colleagues and partners around the cause in March, and by early June, they had replaced a key component of hand sanitizer, created a new supply chain, and initiated their own donation of 7,000 gallons of a newly designed sanitizer to medical facilities.

Its name: Han-I-Size White & Gold, named for the colors of Georgia Tech. The new supply chain also may ensure that hand sanitizer producers across the country do not run out of the main active ingredient, alcohol, but the team's path to success was a stony labyrinth.

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Useful Alcohols: Ceresana Analyzes the World Market for Solvents

Are solvents a solution to our waste problem? In any case, they can be used to recover raw materials that are as good as new, even from mixed or contaminated waste: Solvents allow targeted and clean removal of unwanted plastic types, labeling, and impurities. Chemical plastic recycling is an innovative application example for solvents. The potent chemicals can dissolve or dilute other substances without chemically altering them. Not only precision cleaning agents for printed circuit boards and microchips, but also nail polish remover and numerous other everyday products would hardly be possible without isopropyl alcohol, acetone, and more. Ceresana has now analyzed the global market for solvents for the fifth time.

Bislang habe ich es nicht immer so ernst genommen, wenn es irgendwo hieß, man sollte die Klebeflächen mit Alkohol oder ähnlichem reinigen, da so die Klebeverbindung besser ist. Neulich hatte ich aber den Fall, dass ich meine elektronische Parkuhr von einem Fahrzeug zu einem anderen umgezogen habe und dafür habe ich mir neue Klebepads bestellt. (Ja, ich hab vorher schon probiert selber welche aus…