Patent - Changing how lignin is extracted can improve its properties for adhesive applications, according to Toronto, Canada, headquartered green chemistry company Vertichem. The complex, high molecular weight polymer lignin occurs naturally in plant materials, and is one of the most abundant renewable raw materials available on earth. It constitutes from about a quarter to a third of the dry mass of wood,...

Source : Belanger, H.; Prestidge, R. L.; Lough, T. J.; Watson, J. D. “Lignin Preparations Isolated From Plant Material, and Methods For Their Isolation and Use”, US Patent Application No. 20120022240, January 26, 2012

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