Progress towards a dry process for the synthesis of zeolite - A review

Reviews in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 265-306

  Zaidi, Syed Sameen Ali ^a   Rohani, Sohrab ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dry gel conversion (DGC); Dry process; Heterogeneous transformation; Solid solid transformation; Steam assisted conversion (SAC); Vapor phase transport (VPT)

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; NUCLEATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZEOLITES;

EID: 33645010820     PISSN: 01678299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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