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Life cycle assessment of adipic acid production from lignin

Andrea Corona, Mary J. Biddy, Derek R. Vardon, Morten Birkved, Michael Zwicky Hauschild, Gregg T. Beckham

Green Chemistry · 2018 · 163 citations · 31 references

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In this study, we performed a life cycle assessment (LCA) on an emerging lignin upgrading process, namely the production of biobased adipic acid.

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