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4. Revenue Recognition (Details 1) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Sales to three major customers	$ 555,110	$ 1,098,095	$ 1,188,134	$ 2,376,886
Total percentage of revenue	35.00%	48.33%	35.70%	50.27%
Accounts receivable of three largest customers	$ 135,443		$ 135,443		$ 103,757
Total percentage of accounts receivable			58.00%		36.48%
Mexichem Speciality Compounds
Sales to three major customers	0	$ 375,514	$ 523,660	$ 1,059,525
Nyacol Nanotechnologies
Sales to three major customers	0	267,638	0	404,324
Kohler Corporation
Sales to three major customers	0	454,943	0	913,037
GE Chaplin, Inc.
Sales to three major customers	176,081	0	290,372	0
Commerce Industrial Chemical
Sales to three major customers	148,019	0	0	0
Accounts receivable of three largest customers	0		0		$ 54,684
ZEO
Sales to three major customers	231,010	$ 0	374,102	$ 0
Accounts receivable of three largest customers	21,633		21,633		0
Nutreco Canada Inc.
Accounts receivable of three largest customers	0		0		21,219
RyMar Synthetic Grass
Accounts receivable of three largest customers	20,710		20,710		0
Lake Shore Gold
Accounts receivable of three largest customers	0		0		27,854
Teck North America Inc.
Accounts receivable of three largest customers	$ 93,100		$ 93,100		$ 0

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