Effect of pressure on the rate of butyronitrile hydrolysis in high-temperature water

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 191-200

  Iyer, Sadasivan D ^a   Klein, Michael T ^a  

^a University of Delaware   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation volumes; Autocatalytic; Butyronitrile; Electrostatic; Pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003341531     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-8446(97)00004-1     Document Type: Article

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