Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) is a polymer derived from natural cellulose. Unlike cellulose, carboxymethylcellulose is highly water-soluble. CMC is used in some of our laundry detergents at low levels (0.5-1%). It is a dispersion polymer and helps kee..

Palladium is a precious metal, one of the platinum group metals (PGM), which typically are found together in ore deposits. It was named after the asteroid Pallas, which was discovered at about the same time. Together with rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, ..

Yttrium is a metallic chemical element which is often found in compounds with the rare earth metals. It occurs in nearly all of the rare-earth minerals. Analysis of lunar rock samples obtained during the Apollo missions show a relatively high yttrium..

Lithium iron phosphate is a very attractive positive active material because of features such as large discharge capacity of 160 mAh/g and has demonstrated long life even at high temperatures. The current LiFePO4 chemistries, however, have shown to h..