Industrial application of ionic liquids as performance additives

Green Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-19

  Weyershausen, Bernd ^a,b,c,d,h   Lehmann, Kathrin ^e,f,g,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d RandD Department Ocean Waves   (Germany)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f Tego Chemie Service   (Germany)

^g Devmt Dept of Degussa's Bus Line

^h EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG   (Germany)

ⁱ Tego Chemie Service GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSANT; ENZYME; METAL; OLIGOMER; PAINT; POLYMER; SOLVENT;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; IONIC LIQUID; LIQUID; PASTE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 13144305074     PISSN: 14639262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b411357h     Document Type: Conference Paper

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