Dimethyl ether is a colorless gas with a faint ethereal odor. It is shipped as a liquefied gas under its vapor pressure. Dimethyl ether is the simplest ether in the ether group. Dimethyl ether can either be derived from renewable materials such as biomass, municipal waste, and agricultural waste, or from fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas. Presently, a vast majority of commercial DME is derived from fossil fuels. LPG blending is one of the major application of dimethyl ether market across the globe.
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