Trends in catalysis research to meet future refining needs

Hydrocarbon Processing

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 45-55

  Absi Halabi, M ^a,b,c   Stanislaus, A ^a,c,d   Qabazard, H ^a,c,e  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c KISR ^*  (Kuwait)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^e OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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