Production of butylene glycol. A department scientist checks the results of experimental fermentations of corn to produce butylene glycol at the Northern Regional Research Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Peoria, Illinois. This research led to the development of a semi-commercial scale of a fermentation process for converting corn into butylene glycol, a chemical that can be used in making anti-freeze for automobiles and in the production of commercial solvents for various purposes. Studies are now underway to devise a practical method for turning butylene glycol into butadiene, from which synthetic rubber can be made. The work has already been done on a laboratory scale
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Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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illinois
peoria county
peoria
safety film negatives
production
butylene
glycol
butylene glycol
department
scientist
checks
department scientist checks
results
fermentations
corn
northern
regional
research
laboratory
northern regional research laboratory
agriculture
development
scale
process
automobiles
solvents
purposes
studies
method
butadiene
rubber
work
united states history
science
library of congress
Date
01/01/1942
Contributors
Forsythe, William J., photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
Location
illinois
Source
Library of Congress
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