Muhammad Rabnawaz, an associate professor in Michigan State University's School of Packaging and recent inductee into the National Academy of Inventors, has always believed that the most brilliant solution is also the simplest.
Although Rabnawaz expected salt to have an impact because of how well it conducts heat, he was still surprised by how well it worked. It outperformed expensive catalysts—chemicals designed to spur reactions along—and he believes his team has just started tapping into its potential.In fact, the research was partially supported by Conagra Brands, a consumer packaged goods company.
Although bandits are unlikely to rob platinum-based materials from a sweltering pyrolysis reactor, attempting to recycle "That first paper was important, but I didn't get excited until we worked with polyolefins," Rabnawaz said."Polyolefins are huge, and we just outperformed expensive catalysts." Although pure table salt didn't outperform a platinum-alumina catalyst the team also tested with metallized films, the results were similar, and the salt is a fraction of the cost.
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