Raney copper catalysts for the water-gas shift reaction: Catalyst optimisation using statistical methods

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 167, Issue , 1998, Pages 87-105

  Mellor, J R ^a,b   Copperthwaite, R G ^a,c   Coville, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Anglo American Research Laboratories   (South Africa)

^c AECI Explosives & Chemicals Ltd   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Raney copper catalyst; Statistical optimisation; WGS reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342879676     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986449808912695     Document Type: Article

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