Acetic acid is an abundant and cheap compound that is temperature stable and nonhazardous.
This is the first report of the anti-biofilm activity of proanthocyanidins polymeric tannins from S. adstringens stem bark (fraction F2 and subfraction F2.4) and being an important finding, since the development of new and cheaper compounds for the treatment of biofilm-related fungal infections is sorely needed.
Ideas still in the lab include flow batteries based on cheap organic compounds called anthraquinones.
He concedes that an anti-corporate bias may play a part, with our being dubious about "cynical bean-counters" who tamper with old formulas and substitute "cheap chemical compounds".
Ideally, these cheap biomass compounds are utilized by microorganisms that (naturally) produce such valuable chemicals.
Such lasers, which use molecules of a cheap organic compound called tetracene to generate their light, could replace conventional lasers, which are made of expensive gallium arsenide, in ordinary electronic devices.A more esoteric example of an application on the border between chemistry and physics is quantum cryptography.
Were he alive today, Bonhoeffer might suggest that a taste for cheap grace, compounded by an appetite for false freedom, is leading Americans down the road to perdition. .
Germanium dioxide is sometimes used as a catalyst in the production of PET plastic for containers; cheaper antimony compounds, such as the trioxide or triacetate, are more commonly employed for the same purpose despite concerns about antimony contamination of food and drinks.
It was against that difficult backdrop that Takata embraced the cheaper new compound, ammonium nitrate, in its airbag inflaters, according to former employees.
In general, traditional bows are cheaper than compound bows because of their simpler design.
