Experiences in designing solvents for the environment

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 41, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 5867-5877

  Li, Meirong ^a,b   Harten, Paul F ^a   Cabezas, Heriberto ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COATINGS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROCARBONS; SOLVENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

2 BUTANOL; 2 BUTANONE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BUTANOL; HYDROCARBON; ISOBUTANOL; ISOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; KETONE; PAINT; PENTANOL; SOLVENT; TOLUENE; WATER;

SOLVENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DILUTION; ENVIRONMENT; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE TENSION; THEORY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VAPOR PRESSURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0037073333     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie010574s     Document Type: Article

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