Argentine Company Researching New Uses for Ethanol

An Argentine company wants to take ethanol beyond the gasoline pump, and is researching ways to use the substance derived from beets, corn and sugar cane to replace fossil fuels in products such as brake fluid and engine coolant.

The company, Quimica True, which produces conventional auto-related liquids based on petroleum-derived chemicals, is working with university and government chemists to develop the new techniques.
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