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Elimination of Acid and Lead in Wire Strand Annealing and Galvanizing Riverdale Mills Corporation, 2000

Technical Report No. 48 Read More >>

Elimination of Acid and Lead on Wire Strand Annealing and Galvanizing, Riverdale Mills Corp. 2000.

TURI Technical Report No. 48. Requiring the addition of a new multi-wire strand galvanizing line to meet growing market demand, Riverdale Mills made the goals of toxics use reduction a large part of the operational requirements of the new line. The company sought to reduce or eliminate the chemicals conventionally used in the process, the by ... Read More >>

Elimination of Cooling Tower Chemical Additives. 1997

TURI Technical Report No. 44. Ocean Spray currently uses several TURA listed chemicals as corrosion inhibitors, descaling agents, and biocides in its cooling waters used for cooling various operations. Ocean Spray has installed a newly developed electronic technology that replaces or reduces the use of chemical additives in boilers and cooli ... Read More >>

Elimination of Ozone Depleting Chemicals at M/A-COM, Inc. 1993.

TURI Technical Report No. 9. Traditionally, cleaning steps in fabrication and assembly have often relied upon chlorinated solvents and chloroflurocarbon solvents for the removal of flux residues. With the identification of chloroflurocarbon 113 (a.k.a. Freons) as a contributor to the ozone depletion in the stratosphere, there is an expedience ... Read More >>

Energy Conservation, Texas Instruments, 2002

TI conducted demonstrations of its innovative energy conservation techniques in the spring of 2002 Read More >>

Engineered Nanoparticles: Safer Substitutes for Toxic Materials, or a New Hazard?

Engineered nanoparticles: safer substitutes for toxic materials, or a new hazard? Original Research Article Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 19, Issue 5, March 2011, Pages 483-487 M. Ellenbecker, S. Tsai Read More >>

Environmental Assessment of Green Hardboard Production

Environmental assessment of green hardboard production coupled with a laccase activated system Original Research Article Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 19, Issue 5, March 2011, Pages 445-453 Sara González-García, Gumersindo Feijoo, Carol Heathcote, Andreas Kandelbauer, M. Teresa Moreira Read More >>

Environmental Challenges and Materials Restrictions in Coated Wire and Cable. 2003

Paper presented at the NFPA Research Symposium, July 10, 2003. Read More >>

Environmental Management System Workgroup Surface Finishing Sector Hosted By Photofabrication Engineering, Inc., 2000.

Methods and Policy Report No. 20 Read More >>

Environmental officials announce new toxic chemical rules

The Toxics Use Reduction Administrative Council, the six-member governing body of the Toxic Use Reduction program overseen by EEA, and chaired by Secretary Sullivan, designated both hexavalent chromium compounds and formaldehyde as Higher Hazard Substances and added 16 chemicals to the Toxic Use Reduction Act (TURA) list of toxic or hazardous c ... Read More >>

Environmental, Health and Safety Issues in the Coated Wire and Cable Industry. 2002.

TURI Technical Report No. 51. Environmental, health and safety concerns with the basic raw materials used in manufacturing coated wire and cable are driving innovation and change in the industry. These concerns include the life cycle impacts of heavy metals such as lead, brominated flame-retardants, and resin systems based on polyvinyl chloride ... Read More >>

Environmentally Benign Resins and Additives, for Use in the Wire and Cable Industry. 2003.

TURI Technical Report No. 54. The explosion of the information age has led to a scramble to increase the infrastructure of data carrying capacity. The building industry has seen a large increase in the demand for new housing. The electronic market continues to grow at an astounding pace. All of these industries require insulating wire for use i ... Read More >>

ESP Lock Products, Inc. 1999.

In 1997, the company replaced highly volatile lubricating oils used in making key blanks with a non-VOC lubricant derived from vegetable oil. Ultra-low volume misting units were installed to apply the new oil, These two changes completely eliminated 10.9 tons/year of VOC emissions, achieved a net savings of $20,500/year in materials purchasi ... Read More >>

Estimated Chemical Usage by Manufacturers in Connecticut

Estimated chemical usage by manufacturers in Connecticut Original Research Article Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 19, Issue 5, March 2011, Pages 527-531 Jesse Wagner, Tim F. Morse, Nancy Simcox Read More >>

Ethylene Oxide

Ethylene Oxide Fact Sheet

A known carcinogen, Ethylene oxide (EtO) poses serious hazards to human health. In 1996, United States manufacturers consumed over 8 billion pounds of EtO, primarily as an intermediary chemical in the manufacture of ethylene glycols, glycol ethers, ethanolamines, and surface-active agents (surfactants). Until 1997, only three firms had ever re ... Read More >>

Evaluating progress. 1997.

A report on the findings of the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act program evaluation. Read More >>

Evaluation and Implementation of No-Clean Solder for Surface Mount Technology. 1997

TURI Technical Report No. 40. This study addresses the implementation of no-clean solder pastes for a small contract manufacturing situation. The issues regarding the cleaning of electronics are discussed as well as the mechanics of the no-clean materials involved. A general methodology for implementation was generated along with a research ... Read More >>

Evaluation of alternatives to chlorinated solvents for metal cleaning. 1996.

TURI Technical Report No. 46. This report details results of investigations into alternatives to chlorinated solvents used for metal degreasing. In addition to technical evaluations, financial analyses and environmental impact assessments were performed for the cleaning alternatives. A substitution analysis methodology that provides qualitative ... Read More >>

Evaluation of Lead-free Solders, Halogen-free Laminates, and Nanomaterial Surface Finishes for Assembly of Printed Circuit Boards for High Reliability Applications

Morose, Gregory; Shina, Sammy; et al. 2009. Journal of Surface Mount Technology, v22 no. 4. Read More >>

Evaluation of the Interactions Between Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and Polymeric Materials. 1994.

TURI Technical Report No. 12. In this report, we present (1) the results of testing a broad spectrum of polymers in carbon dioxide over a range of temperatures and pressures and (2) the evaluation of the effect of high-pressure carbon dioxide on the chemical/physical properties of the polymers. The carbon dioxide conditions included both sup ... Read More >>