Synthesis of dimethyl ether (DME) from methanol over solid-acid catalysts

Applied Catalysis A: General

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 289-301

  Xu, Mingting ^a   Lunsford, Jack H ^a   Goodman, D Wayne ^a   Bhattacharyya, Alak ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimethyl ether; Methanol; Solid acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 30244499061     PISSN: 0926860X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-860X(96)00275-X     Document Type: Article

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