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Published online 1 August 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020729-5
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Catalyst gets cracking
New zeolite might make oil refining more efficient.
A new catalyst could improve the breakdown of heavy oil into fuel and raw materials for industry, a process called cracking. The catalyst's atomic architecture lets in more big molecules for conversion to smaller ones1.
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