Recover Industrial Gases Via Adsorption

Chemical Engineering

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 104-108

  Notaro, Frank ^a,b   Ackley, Mark W ^b,c   Smolarek, James ^b,c  

^a Praxir Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c PRAXAIR INC   (United States)

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EID: 0000342354     PISSN: 00092460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
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