U Delaware team synthesizes base oils at high yields from biomass

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By mmillikinMay 23, 2019, 5:30 am341 pts
Lubricants—a more than $146-billion market serving numerous applications, automotive among them—are produced from base oils derived from petroleum mineral oils (mineral base oil) or synthetic oils such as poly-α-olefins (PAOs) (synthetic base oil). As such, lubricants have a significant environmental…

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