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What is Renewable feedstocks?

Also known as: renewable feedstock · platform molecule

Definition 31.16 University Chemistry — Year 3 · Chapter 31 — Green Chemistry and Industrial Processes

A renewable feedstock is a raw material replenished on a human time scale, such as plant biomass. A platform molecule is a simple compound made from it in large amounts and converted into many products: ethanol, lactic acid, succinic acid, glycerol, levulinic acid, furfural, 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural.

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