Researcher developing new industrial uses for wax made from soybean oil
Thursday, October 4, 2018 - 08:00
in Mathematics & Economics
Petroleum-based paraffin wax commonly coats cardboard and all sorts of other products to improve durability and water resistance, but it can't be recycled and may adversely affect human health. So researchers at Iowa State University are developing wax from soybean oil that would share many properties of paraffin wax but would also be biodegradable.