Interpretation of the transport properties of α-Al2O 3 supports in terms of pore structure characteristics

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2333-2342

  Nikolakis, Vladimiros ^a   Tsakiroglou, Christos D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION; MERCURY (METAL); MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ABSOLUTE PERMEABILITY; PORE STRUCTURE; POROSIMETRY; THROAT RADIUS;

ALUMINA;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; HELIUM; MERCURY; NITROGEN;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FLOW RATE; GAS PERMEABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROSCOPY; PERMEABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIMULATOR; STEADY STATE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 15944403629     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie049368l     Document Type: Article

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