Chemicals from biobutanol: Technologies and markets

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 483-493

  Mascal, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biobutanol; Biofuels; Butadiene; Butenes; N butanol; Renewable chemicals

Indexed keywords

BIOBUTANOL; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; FUEL OXYGENATES; HYDROCARBON FUEL; N-BUTANOL; RENEWABLE SOURCES; SPECIALTY CHEMICALS; SYNTHETIC ELASTOMERS; TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS;

BIOFUELS; BUTADIENE; BUTENES; COMMERCE;

ALCOHOLS;

EID: 84863775815     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.1328     Document Type: Review

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