solvent
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Specifically, that 2001 testing showed the carcinogenic solvent and dry-cleaning chemical perchloroethylene, or PCE, in the soil at levels as high as 6,658 micrograms per liter, said Alysa Pakkidis, information officer for the agency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
"Our catalyst works a bit differently because it actually just ejects the electron directly into solvent," says Zachary Wickens, a professor in the UW-Madison Department of Chemistry who led the work.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Sallee said the Legislature’s priorities were to balance spending from the various trust funds on early-childhood education and other social programs with ensuring that the state’s general fund was solvent enough to keep taxes down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The Social Security trustees projected that this package of adjustments would keep the system solvent for the next 75 years.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026
Sullivan was thirty-eight and incapable of cultivating the relationships that might have generated enough new commissions to keep him solvent.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Researchers have considered alternative amino acids, alternative solvents, and even entirely different chemical structures.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026
The list of potential contaminants from the 'fire practice pond' include petrol, oil, lubricants, solvents and firefighting chemicals - which were "drained into storm water drainage."
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Sakuu’s process, under development for years, uses additive manufacturing to lay down key battery components without solvents, eliminating the need for ovens, says Niestroj.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Many of those operations used petrochemical products and solvents such as resins, adhesives and acrylic compounds like methyl methacrylate, the chemical at the center of the Orange County crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
From the practical rather than the medical standpoint this distinction is of little importance, however, because these petroleum solvents are an inseparable part of most common spraying practices.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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