Green Materials from Plant Oils

Zengshe Liu · George A Kraus

Nov 2014 · Royal Society of Chemistry

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339

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About this ebook

Finding alternatives to fossil feedstocks is increasing in importance with the challenges of global warming, increasing oil prices and depleting fossil fuel reserves that we currently face. Today, plant oils are important renewable raw materials for the chemical industry and are heavily used for surfactants, cosmetic products and lubricants.

This book covers the green chemistry of products and intermediates synthesised from plant oils. Photo-initiated polymerisation and polymerization of vegetable oils in environmental media are covered as well as click reactions to chemically modify vegetable oils. Useful products from plant oils such as polymers, biomaterials, biofibres and lubricants, as well as their further applications, are described.

This book is a valuable resource for researchers in academia and industry, biomass producers and suppliers and manufacturers of end-products.

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About the author

Zengshe Liu has worked in the areas of green chemistry and green materials at the US Department of Agriculture for more than 14 years.

George Kraus has worked on catalysis and green chemistry for more than 30 years at Iowa State University.

Zengshe Liu has worked in the areas of green chemistry and green materials at the US Department of Agriculture for more than 14 years. George Kraus has worked on catalysis and green chemistry for more than 30 years at Iowa State University.

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