Thermal Decomposition of C10-C14 Normal Alkanes in Near-Critical and Supercritical Regions: Product Distributions and Reaction Mechanisms

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 574-584

  Yu, Jian ^a   Eser, Semih ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COMPOSITION; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; FREE RADICALS; MODELS; PRESSURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PYROLYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

JET FUELS; NORMAL ALKANES; PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION; SUPERCRITICAL REGION;

PARAFFINS;

EID: 0031095843     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie960392b     Document Type: Article

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