Queen's University professor's chemistry discovery may revolutionise cooking oil production
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 05:21
in Physics & Chemistry
Philip Jessop, Canada Research Chair in Green Chemistry, has created a solvent that - when combined with carbon dioxide - extracts oil from soybeans. Industries currently make cooking oils using hexane, a cheap, flammable solvent that is a neurotoxin and creates smog. The process also involves distillation, which uses large amounts of energy...