{"id":33659,"date":"2020-11-17T05:01:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T05:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=33659"},"modified":"2020-11-17T05:01:39","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T05:01:39","slug":"iit-g-develops-method-to-transform-industrial-wastes-into-chemicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/iit-g-develops-method-to-transform-industrial-wastes-into-chemicals\/","title":{"rendered":"IIT-G develops method to transform industrial wastes into chemicals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) researchers have formulated efficient &#8216;pincer&#8217; catalytic systems that transform industrial\/biomass wastes into valuable chemicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key-Points<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tiny amounts of these \u201cpincer catalysts\u201d repeatedly convert large amounts of industrial waste such as glycerol into lactic acid and hydrogen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such catalysts also efficiently convert bioethanol, a low-energy density fuel, into high-energy density butanol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conversion of valuable intermediates such as glycerol and ethanol, produced during the processing of biomass, into industrially useful chemicals has elicited much interest worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) researchers have formulated efficient &#8216;pincer&#8217; catalytic systems that transform industrial\/biomass wastes into valuable chemicals. 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