Suppression of Coke Formation in the Steam Cracking of Alkanes: And Propane

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 901-907

  Chan, K Y Grace ^a   Inal, Fikret ^a   Senkan, Selim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ETHANE; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; PROPANE; PYROLYSIS; QUARTZ; STEAM CRACKING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

INCOLOY;

COKE;

EID: 0032025660     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9704511     Document Type: Article

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