Flixborough disaster
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The Flixborough disaster was an explosion at a chemical plant close to the village of Flixborough, North Lincolnshire, England, on Saturday, 1 June 1974. It killed 28 and seriously injured 36 of the 7
Memorial to those who died in the disaster
Another view of the memorial
Caprolactam
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Caprolactam is an organic compound with the formula 5CNH. This colourless solid is a lactam of caproic acid. Global demand for this compound is approximately five million tons per year, and the vast m
Flixborough disaster
…Board (NCB)) had originally produced fertiliser from by-products of the coke ovens of a nearby steelworks. Since 1967, the plant had instead produced caprolactam, a chemical used in the manufacture of nylon 6. The caprolactam was produced from cyclohexanone. This was originally produced by hydrogenation of phenol…
Pytel na Caprolactam