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ARABIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 5, Issue 2, Pages 135-145Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2010.08.007
Keywords
Plant oils; Biolubricants; Pesticides; Surfactants; Biodiesel
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- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia [UKM-GUP-NBT-08-27-113, UKM-OUP-NBT-29-150/2010]
- School of Chemical Sciences and Food Technology
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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In the concepts for new products, performance, product safety, and product economy criteria are equally important. They are taken into account already when the raw materials base for a new industrial product development is defined. Here, renewable resources gain-again after the earlier green trend in the 1980s-increasing attention as an alternative raw materials source compared to fossil feedstock. The industrial use of carbohydrates, proteins, and plant oils aligns perfectly with the principles of Responsible Care and is an important part of men chemistry and sustainability in general. Since the 1950s, oleochemistry has grown to a major research and technology area in several institutions and industries. A large variety of products based on fats and oils have been developed since then for different uses, such as specialties for polymer applications, biodiesel, surfactants, emollients for home and personal-care industries, pesticides and biodegradable mineral oil replacements for lubricants. However, at present it seems that the use of renewable resources, especially plant oils, has to compete more and more with the increasing demand for bioenergy, which could cause an unbalanced supply and demand in the future or even a threat for the increasing demand for food in certain areas of the world. (c) 2010 King Saud University. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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