Researchers have made a better thermoplastic by replacing styrene with lignin, a brittle, rigid polymer that, with cellulose, forms the woody cell walls of plants. In doing so, they have invented a ...

NUREMBERG, Germany—Add lignin—a byproduct of the pulping process in the paper industry—to the list of bio-based materials being considered as alternatives to petrochemical-derived products. Pirelli & ...

NUREMBERG, Germany — Add lignin — a byproduct of the pulping process in the paper industry — to the list of bio-based materials being considered as alternatives to petrochemical-derived Pirelli & C. S ...

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>U.S. synthetic rubber supplies may be stretched from two to five times by generous admixture of lignin, a gummy byproduct of the paper industry. >U.S. plastics supplies can probably be doubled by ...

Dublin, March 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "The Global Market for Lignin 2023-2033" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Lignin is the second most abundant renewable ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 22, 2016--Your car's bumper is probably made of a moldable thermoplastic polymer called ABS, shorthand for its acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene components. Light, strong ...