DAMMAM: A Saudi scholarship doctoral student in chemistry at Cardiff University won the third place in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award 2016 from the Scientific Society for Saudi Students in the United Kingdom (SSSSUK ) for her preparation of industrial catalysts.

Raida Al-Sayari, a scholarship student from Najran University, prepared Cyclic Carbonate, which is one of the main substances in the preparation of many important industries, using carbon dioxide as an interactive substance and oxygen from the air rather than an oxidizing agent.

In addition, the student used alkene, the low-price and eco-friendly substance, as a prefix substance for interaction rather than the epoxide expensive substance, which is typically used to prepare Cyclic Carbonate through a nano-meter industrial catalytic.

The award coincided with the ninth Saudi Students Conference in the United Kingdom, organized by the SSSSUK to develop scientific research and creative thinking among scholarship students in the country and contribute to the economy.