High-yield path to making key ingredient for plastic, xylene, from biomass
Monday, April 30, 2012 - 16:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Chemical engineers have discovered a new, high-yield method of making the key ingredient used to make plastic bottles from biomass. The process currently creates the chemical p-xylene with an efficient yield of 75-percent.
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