New Catalyst Turns Plants Into Plastic (2 of 5) (IMAGE)

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New Catalyst Turns Plants Into Plastic (2 of 5)

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This is Hirsa Torres. In the back, a medium pressure unit for catalytic testing especially dedicated for synthesis gas conversion processes. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Feb. 17, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by H.M. Torres Galvis at Utrecht University in Utrecht, Netherlands, and colleagues was titled, “Supported Iron Nanoparticles as Catalysts for Sustainable Production of Lower Olefins.”

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