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His work turns waste from rubber plantations into diesel fuel and may help smallholders in Indonesia. ‘That is what I like about Chemical Technology: you produce useful products!’ Yusuf Abduh defended his PhD in Chemical Technology on 27 February. He has only returned to Holland to defend his thesis. For two months now, Yusuf Abduh […]

  Oil can be produced from the seeds of the rubber tree, a low-grade waste product found on plantations. Smallholders in Indonesia can use the oil in generators, but it could also be converted into biodiesel or bioplastic. These conclusions were drawn by Yusuf Abduh from the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of […]