Aromatic nitrations by mixed acid. Fast liquid-liquid reaction regime

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-105

  Zaldivar J M ^a   Molga, E ^b   Alos M A ^a   Hernandez H ^a   Westerterp, K R ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aromatic nitration; Fast liquid liquid reactions; Heterogeneous dispersions

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; CALORIMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DISPERSIONS; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TOLUENE;

AROMATIC NITRATIONS; CHLOROBENZENE; FAST LIQUID LIQUID REACTIONS; HETEROGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; MIXED ACID;

NITRATION;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; LIQUID-LIQUID; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL;

EID: 0030088301     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0255-2701(95)04119-2     Document Type: Article

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