Understanding this process could help improve production of plastics, medications, and fuels.
Understanding this process could help improve production of plastics, medications, and fuels.
For the first time, researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities discovered a new method by which a catalyst can be used to selectively burn one molecule in a mixture of hydrocarbons, which are compounds made of hydrogen and carbon atoms.
This new method could help in the removal of pollutants and improve efficiency for industrial processes ranging from the production of fuels and medications to fertilizers and plastics.
The research is published in Science, a premier multidisciplinary, international peer-reviewed scientific journal.
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Image: This illustration depicts the combustion of small amounts of acetylene in mixtures with ethylene. (Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
