Sucrose Inversion: An Experiment on Heterogeneous Catalysis

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 893-901

  Mendes, Adélio ^a   Magalhães, Fernão D ^a   Madeira, Luis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION-EXCHANGE RESINS; PECLET NUMBER;

CATALYSTS; DIFFUSION; FLOW PATTERNS; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; HYDROLYSIS; ION EXCHANGE; MASS TRANSFER; OPTICAL ROTATION; POROSITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RATE CONSTANTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SUGAR (SUCROSE); VISCOSITY;

CATALYSIS;

EID: 0346934963     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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