An experimental study of worst case scenarios of nitric acid decomposition in a toluene nitration process

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-216

  Chen, C Y ^a   Wu, C W ^b   Duh, Y S ^c   Yu, S W ^c  

^a LEE MING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Nitration; Runaway reaction; Thermal hazard

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032135970     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/095758298529506     Document Type: Article

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