Extraction of coal tar pitch using a mixture of compressed CO2 and toluene

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3360-3366

  White, Karen L ^a,c   Knutson, Barbara L ^a   Kimber, Geoff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Imation Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOLUENE;

COAL TAR PITCH;

COAL TAR;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FIBER; COAL TAR; TOLUENE;

BINARY MIXTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FIBER; COAL; EXTRACTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXTRACTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032832578     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie990119k     Document Type: Article

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