"Green" MMA; an environmentally benign and economically attractive process for the production of methyl methacrylate

Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas-Journal of the Royal Netherlands

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 248-255

  Keijsper, J ^a   Arnoldy, P ^a   Doyle, M J ^a   Drent, E ^a  

^a SHELL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0001204337     PISSN: 01650513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/recl.19961150411     Document Type: Article

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