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Acetone–butanol–ethanol fermentation was itself a critical WWI technology, as cordite required acetone. That fermentation process requires only sugars and an ac
by kleton 2y ago
Acetone–butanol–ethanol fermentation was itself a critical WWI technology, as cordite required acetone. That fermentation process requires only sugars and an acetobutylicum strain. The first president of Israel developed this process.
- pfdietz 2y agoYes, Chaim Weizmann. When was this supplanted by the cumene process? EDIT: this process was developed from 1939-1945. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumene_process https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumene_process https://shop.tarjomeplus.com/UploadFileEn/TPLUS_EN_2421.pdf https://shop.tarjomeplus.com/UploadFileEn/TPLUS_EN_2421.pdf BTW, isopropyl alcohol is industrially produced from propylene, not acetone.