A microreactor for the nitration of benzene and toluene

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 189, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1611-1628

  Burns, John Robert ^a   Ramshaw, Colin ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capillary; Microreactor; Nitration; Slug flow

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; MASS TRANSFER; NITRATION; SOLUBILITY; STAINLESS STEEL; TOLUENE;

MICROREACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

BENZENE; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; REACTOR; SLUG FLOW; TOLUENE;

EID: 0142218433     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986440214585     Document Type: Article

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