A team of scientists from the University of California, Irvine, and the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry in China are looking to turn polyethylene into a fuel similar to diesel.<\/p>\n
The goal is to break the molecules in the plastic down to their original components – hydrogen and carbon, to rearrange them into a usable form.<\/p>\n
The technique involves breaking down the plastic to a molecular level, but requires three additional ingredients: an alkane – a cheap by-product of oil refinement – and the two more expensive catalysts of iridium and rhenium.<\/p>\n
“The process does not involve any harmful chemicals and does not create waste products,” said Zhibin Guan of the University of California, Irvine, one of the authors of the study.<\/p>\n
In current trials, the plastic to catalyst ratio is 30 to 1. The researchers said they needed to increase this to 10,000 to 1 or better.<\/p>\n
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