Reaction Rates in Fractal vs. Uniform Catalysts with Linear and Nonlinear Kinetics

AIChE Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1691-1699

  Gavrilov, C ^a   Sheintuch, M ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; FRACTALS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

BRANCHING POINT; FRACTAL CATALYSTS; KNUDSEN DIFFUSION; LINEAR KINETICS; NONLINEAR KINETICS; UNIFORM CATALYSTS;

REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 0031191937     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690430706     Document Type: Article

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