Bubble Column Reactors and Fischer—Tropsch Synthesis

Catalysis Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 227-309

  Saxena, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 11944258169     PISSN: 01614940     EISSN: 15205703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01614949508007096     Document Type: Article

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