MPOB develops environmentally friendly palm-based polyol


KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Palm Oil Board’s (MPOB) researchers have established more than 10 new types of palm-based polyols for application in polymers, specifically polyurethanes which are environmental friendly.

In a statement today, MPOB said the developed palm-based polyols are such as the pioneer series or palm olein-based polyols, fatty acid-based polyol, used cooking oil-based polyol, PolyFAME series or fatty acid methyl ester-based polyols, acrylated epoxidised palm oil polyol and co-polymers polyol.

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