DuPont.DuPont, Wilmington, DE, has successfully manufactured a critical ingredient for its newest polymer, Sorona, using a fermentation process based on corn sugar corn sugar n. Dextrose obtained from cornstarch. , a renewable resource Noun 1. renewable resource - any natural resource (as wood or solar energy) that can be replenished naturally with the passage of time natural resource, natural resources - resources (actual and potential) supplied by nature . Before this development, the substance could only be produced from petrochemicals. The chemical, PDO PDO Php Data Objects (PHP extension) PDO Protected Designation of Origin (EC) PDO Pacific Decadal Oscillation (weather) PDO Property Damage Only , also known as 1,3 propanediol, was produced by DuPont and Tare & Lyle scientists at a pilot plant located at Tate & Lyle's Decatur, IL facility. Tate & Lyle, a corn-based products company, is one of two DuPont development partners in the effort. The other is Genencor International, which is developing the biocatalyst bi·o·cat·a·lyst n. A substance, especially an enzyme, that initiates or modifies the rate of a chemical reaction in a living body; a biochemical catalyst. bi for the process at its Palo Alto, CA research center. |
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