development for Latin America for Dow Chemical Company (Dow)‚ and Luis Marcer‚ CFO of Dow Química Argentina‚ considered the bidding price on Petroquímica Bahia Blanca S.A. (PBB)‚ which was being privatized by the Argentine government. PBB produced both ethylene and polyethylene. It was part of a petrochemical complex located in Bahia Blanca‚ 700 kilometers south of the Argentine capital‚ Buenos Aires.1 Vignart believed that the acquisition of PBB offered Dow a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become the
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Industrial Uses of Ethene Ethene has two main industrial uses. Ethene is used to accelerate the ripening of fruits and is most commonly used on bananas and also on citrus fruits. The other use of ethene is in the manufacture of plastics‚ such as packing films‚ wire coatings‚ and squeeze bottles. Fruit: Ethene is made from the process of cracking hydrocarbons from petroleum. Ethene can then be used to make other raw materials like‚ ethanal‚ ethanol‚ and ethyl chloride. Ethene also occurs naturally
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The effectiveness of lemongrass essential oil incorporated into starch based bio-coating in lengthening the shelf life of Carica papaya (Papaya) was tested through the application of different concentrations of lemongrass essential oil and starch treatment on the papayas. The Peel Color Index (PCI) of each papaya was determined 4 days after the application of starch bio-coating. Table 1: Mean Peel Color Index of Carica papaya for Day 0 and Day 4. Treatment Day 0 Day 4 1 0 0 2 0 3 3 0 4 4 0 5 5 0
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Observation/ Mission Statement: Wrapping green bananas in newspaper will ripen them faster. Background Knowledge: Plants use ethylene as a hormone. It is a very small‚ simple molecule that exists as a gas at biological temperatures. Thus‚ when a plant releases ethylene‚ it diffuses quite quickly in the air. Ripening can be accelerated or decelerated depending on the conditions green fruits are put under for example washing fruits or wrapping them in newspaper. Therefore newspaper (wrapping green
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PLANT RESPONSES TROPISM is a biological phenomenon‚ indicating growth or turning movement of a biological organism‚ usually a plant‚ in response to an environmental stimulus. In tropisms‚ this response is dependent on the direction of the species. The word tropism comes from the Greek trope ("to turn" or "to change"). Tropisms are usually named for the stimulus involved and may be either positive (towards the stimulus) or negative (away from the stimulus). Phototropism is the growth response
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The Middle East is probably the most important influence on the global petrochemical industry today and will remain so for many years to come. However‚ prospects of a war in Iraq are raising concerns‚ and logistical and feedstock challenges could hem in the region’s growth. Saudi Basic Industries Corp.‚ or SABIC‚ the majority of which is owned by the Saudi Arabian government‚ has grown to 40.6 million metric tons of petrochemical production and sales of $9 billion in 2002 to become the 11th largest
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REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE The bilimbi‚ Averrhoa bilimbi‚ L.‚ (Oxalidaceae)‚ is closely alliedto the carambola but quite different in appearance‚ manner of fruiting‚flavor and uses. The only strictly English names are "cucumber tree"and "tree sorrel"‚ bestowed by the British in colonial times. "Bilimbi" isthe common name in India and has become widely used.Bilimbisare all much the same wherever they are grown‚ but P.J.Wester reported that a form with sweet fruits had been discovered inthe Philippines
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Global Polyethylene Market 2014-2018 Polyethylene is also known as polythene and is the most commonly used plastic. It is chemically synthesized from ethylene. Polyethylene is used in various products as it can be easily remolded. It is used in packaging‚ pond liners‚ pipes‚ molds‚ wires‚ and cables‚ general purpose tubing‚ drums‚ carrier bags‚ and household goods. There are three major types of polyethylene: HDPE‚ LDPE‚ and LLDPE. Covered in this Report This report covers the present
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of becoming privatized by the Argentine government‚ Dow Chemicals saw the acquisition of this company as a golden opportunity to become the leading polyethylene player in Latin America. Dow Chemical’s was already a major player in the chemicals (ethylene)‚ plastics (polyethylene)‚ and agricultural products industries holding position as a low-cost producer. Breaking each segment of their business down into these categories respectively‚ Dow Chemicals was able to generate annual revenues of 20.2
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PROPOSAL: I was in Coles shopping when I saw a sign that suggested that bananas could be ripened by being placed in a brown paper bag with already ripe bananas‚ I decided to base my experiment on this. Was it the brown paper bag that sped up the ripening? Or was it the presence of the already ripened bananas? By setting up a pair of unripe bananas as a control‚ I will then added a pair that include two ripe bananas among them‚ as well as a group of two ripe and twp unripe bananas in a brown paper
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