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Producing Fuels and Fine Chemicals from Biomass Using Nanomaterials
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Producing Fuels and Fine Chemicals from Biomass Using Nanomaterials

by Rafael Luque, Alina Mariana Balu
October 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
352 pages
12h 45m
English
CRC Press
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Green Carbon
Nanomaterials
From Biomass to Carbon
Maria-Magdalena Titirici
2.1 INTRODUCTION
In the early part of the 20th century, many industrialized materials such as sol-
vents, fuels, synthetic bers, and chemical products were made from plant/crop-
based resources (Figure 2.1) [1,2]. Unfortunately, this is no longer the case and
most of today’s industrial materials including fuels, polymers, chemicals, carbons,
pharmaceuticals, packing, construction, and many others are being manufactured
from fossil-based resources. Humankind is still living in a world where petroleum
resources have the absolute power. However, crude oil resources are rapi ...
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ISBN: 9781466553392