Novel Method Creates Important Industrial Chemicals Simply, Cheaply (IMAGE)

Washington State University

Novel Method Creates Important Industrial Chemicals Simply, Cheaply

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Washington State University Professor Norbert Kruse and post-doc Vizhi Xiang have used a simple, common industrial process in a new way to create chemicals used widely as fuel additives and as feedstock for plasticizers, detergents, lubricants and cosmetics.

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