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cellulose Noun the main constituent of plant cell walls, used in making paper, rayon, and plastics
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| That's the prediction of textile scientists who have for the first time extracted from rice straw natural cellulose fibers that can be spun into yarn. But breaking down cellulose into sugar molecules is a key step in making ethanol from the nearly 430 million tons of plant waste produced on farmland every year. is licensing several patents from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, that cover the use of ionic liquids to dissolve and process cellulose from plants. |
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