Overview: July 2013: Increasing demand for green chemistry
Focus on solvents in polymer production
25/07/2013
The use of solvents is always critical as far as environmental protection and occupational health & safety are concerned. Their sustainability is another major issue, particularly when a solvent can be manufactured on the basis of renewable raw materials, comparable to a biofuel.Fuel from fields
25/07/2013
The field crop rapeseed is the most important raw material source of this kind of biodiesel. Since the raw materials used to manufacture it are renewable, biodiesel is counted as a renewable energy source. Chemically speaking, biodiesel is rapeseed methyl ester (RME).Increasing demand for green chemistry
25/07/2013
Epoxy resin can play a major role in the production and processing of plastics – but environmental factors need to be taken into consideration when it does.