Modeling silver catalyst sintering and epoxidation selectivity evolution in ethylene oxidation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 1723-1731

  Zhou, X G ^a   Yuan, W K ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ethylene epoxidation; Intergrain boundary; Random walk; Silver catalysts; Sintering

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; ETHYLENE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; OXIDATION; SILVER;

ATOMIC FEMTOSECOND SCALE; CATALYST SINTERING;

SINTERING;

SINTERING;

EID: 2342648690     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.01.028     Document Type: Article

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