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Los Alamos National Laboratory: Acetone Plus Light Creates a Green Jet Fuel Additive
January 24, 2020
LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Jan. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release:

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- New product creates fuel from biomass, while improving engine performance

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Take biomass-derived acetone--common nail polish remover--use light to upgrade it to higher-mass hydrocarbons, and, voila, you have a domestically generated product that can be blended with conventional jet fuel to fly whi . . .

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