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Sep 30, 2026
The Chemical Breakdown
50 years after Seveso & changing the way we separate hydrocarbons
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Engineering and podcast with Jamie Durrani and Mason Wakley
The Chemical Breakdown, Hosted by Mariana Kneppers
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Mariana Kneppers, Mason Wakley and Jamie Durrani revisit the Seveso chemical disaster and its lasting health and regulatory consequences. They also discuss membrane materials designed to separate hydrocarbons with less energy than conventional refinery processes, connecting materials research to industrial efficiency.
Topics
Seveso chemical disasterregulatory consequencesmembrane materialsrefinery processesindustrial efficiencychemical disaster
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