Carbohydrates as Chemical Feedstock
Herman van Bekkum1 and Arie C. Besemer2
1Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 136, 2628 BL Delft (The Netherlands)
2SCA Hygiene Products, PO Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeist (The Netherlands), E-mail: H.vanBekkum@stm.tudelft.nl
Abstract
With an increasing population, up to 9 billion, and oil as well as gas stocks being finite, we should reconsider sustainable raw materials, as provided annually by plants and trees and covered by the collective term biomass, as chemical feedstock. Carbohydrates are the
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