The coating for the Eden Foods canned products is a solvent-based technology that is commonly used in 3-part cans for mild foods, such as beans.

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The system costs less to install and maintain than the existing furnaces, it virtually eliminates carbon dioxide emissions and it enables the use of higher-quality, solvent-based paints.

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The researchers then spray the crystal's surface with a specially designed polymer dissolved in a hydrocarbon-based solvent.

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