solvent
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The team found that discarded Teflon can be broken apart and reused with only sodium metal and mechanical movement by shaking -- all at room temperature and without toxic solvents.
From Science Daily
Methanol helps prevent freezing and the accumulation of solid hydrates that can plug gas-compression equipment and limit pipeline flow, and it acts as a solvent and corrosion inhibitor.
Amended loan documents show First Brands set aside $200 million to make sure the business remains administratively solvent.
Lawyers for First Brands said on Thursday that lenders providing the bankruptcy loan have agreed to set aside $200 million to make sure the business is administratively solvent.
“But it’s also an object lesson in what you can do if you’re solvent — and clever — during the worst recession in Southern California since the 1930s.”
From Los Angeles Times
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