Ethanol from Sugarcane and the Brazilian Biomass-Based Energy and Chemicals Sector

@article{Rossi2021EthanolFS,
  title={Ethanol from Sugarcane and the Brazilian Biomass-Based Energy and Chemicals Sector},
  author={Liane Marcia Rossi and Jean Marcel R. Gallo and Luiz Henrique Capparelli Mattoso and Marcos Silveira Buckeridge and Peter Licence and David T. Allen},
  journal={ACS Sustainable Chemistry \& Engineering},
  year={2021},
  volume={9},
  pages={4293-4295},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:233676614}
}
  • L. RossiJ. M. R. Gallo D. Allen
  • Published 29 March 2021
  • Environmental Science, Chemistry, Engineering
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
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