Team Find High-Yield Path to Making Xylene from Biomass
Monday, April 30, 2012 - 16:00
in Physics & Chemistry
A team of chemical engineers led by Paul J. Dauenhauer of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has 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.