Microchannel reactors: Applications and use in process development

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Gokhale, Sagar V ^a   Jayaraman, Valadi K ^a   Tayal, Rajiv K ^b   Kulkarni, Bhaskar D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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EID: 23244462046     PISSN: 21945748     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-6580.1176     Document Type: Article

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