Crude oil no longer needed for production of plastics
Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 10:11
in Physics & Chemistry
Each year the world produces about 130 million kilo of ethene, the most important raw material for plastics. This gigantic industry is currently dependent on crude oil. And that is running out. Researchers might have found a solution for this problem. With a new reactor ethene can be produced from natural gas and, therefore, in the future from biogas as well.