ORNL team develops better moldable thermoplastic by using lignin; 50% renewable content

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By mmillikinMar 23, 2016, 6:00 am36 pts
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a new class of high-performance thermoplastic elastomers for cars and other consumer products by replacing the styrene in ABS (acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene) with lignin, a brittle, rigid polymer that, with cellulose, forms the woody cell…

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