Adsorption and heats of immersion of n-alkanes on model silica gel

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3221-3229

  Gordon, Peter A ^a   Glandt, Eduardo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; SILICA GEL;

DODECANE; HEATS OF IMMERSION; OCTANE;

PARAFFINS;

EID: 0032142490     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9800804     Document Type: Article

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