SBIR/STTR Research Award
2, 6-DI-T-BUTYL-P-ETHYLPHENOL (DBPEP) FINDS COMMERCIAL APPLICATION AS AN ANITOXIDANT IN POLYETHYLENE PACKAGING FILMS.
Award amount
$40,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1984Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
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- Recipient company
- R-m Industries Inc.
- Proposal award date
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- Contract end date
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- Solicitation number
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Research abstract
2, 6-DI-T-BUTYL-P-ETHYLPHENOL (DBPEP) FINDS COMMERCIAL APPLICATION AS AN ANITOXIDANT IN POLYETHYLENE PACKAGING FILMS. IT IS MADE BY REACTING P-ETHYLPHENOL (PEP) WITH ISOBUTYLENE UNDER ACIDIC CONDITIONS. PEP, AVAILABLE ONLY FROM OVERSEAS SOURCES, IS MADE BY DATED TECHNOLOGY WHICH IS ENERGY INTENSIVE AND WHICH GENERATES LARGE QUANTITIES OF PHENOL CONTAMINATED WASTES. THE OBJECT OF THIS SEARCH IS TO DEFINE AN ALTERNATE SYNTHESIS OF DBPEP USING 2, 6-DI-T-BUTYLPHENOL (DBP) AS THE STARTING MATERIAL. DBP IS READILY AVAILABLE FROM DOMESTIC SOURCES AT RELATIVELY LOW COST.
Technology keywords
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