Chemical Engineering :: Chementator :: Inorganic Chemicals http://www.che.com Chemical Engineering en-us 2013 Sun, 26 May 2013 22:55:02 EDT Using chemistry to protect structural steel during a fire A technique for protecting structural steel from fire using the endothermic decomposition of magnesium hydroxide has been developed by a team from the Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Engineering, the University of Auckland (New Zealand; www.auckland.ac.nz). Led by professor Mohammad Farid, the... http://www.che.com/chementator/inorganic_chemicals/9026.html Thu, 1 Mar 2012 0:00:00 EST