Monolithic ceramics and heterogeneous catalysts: Honeycombs and foams

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 88-95

  Carty, William M ^a   Lednor, Peter W ^b  

^a ALFRED UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHELL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CTE coefficient of thermal expansion; SSA specific surface area

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002669030     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0286(96)80015-5     Document Type: Article

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