Date palm juice: A potential new 'green' anti-corrosion agent for aerospace industry
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 12:05
in Biology & Nature
The search for a "greener" way to prevent corrosion on the kind of aluminum used in jetliners, cars and other products has led scientists to an unlikely source, according to a report in ACS' journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. It's the juice of the date palm—those tall, majestic trees that, until now, were noted mainly as sources of food and traditional medicines.