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Recent Examples on the Web The new material was durable and wrinkle resistant and easily made by combining ethylene glycol (the main ingredient in antifreeze) with terephthalic acid and then melting them together. — Harris Quinn, Wired, 28 Dec. 2021 Circ uses a process called thermal hydrolysis that uses heat and pressure to break down polyester molecules into their original ingredients, ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid—a process known as depolymerization. — Harris Quinn, Wired, 28 Dec. 2021 The organism produced two enzymes that together enabled it to feed on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) by breaking it into its building blocks, terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol. — Warren Cornwall, Science | AAAS, 1 July 2021 Previous studies found enzymes could break down plastic bottles made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) into terephthalic acid (TA). — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2021 In Kevlar, the chains of molecules—the long strings of terephthalic acid and other chemical compounds—line up parallel, like soldiers in a military parade. — Kenneth R. Rosen, Wired, 6 Apr. 2020 The researchers behind its discovery showed that the enzyme degrades PET into mono(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalic acid (MHET). — The Economist, 16 Apr. 2018

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