NO x-mediated homogeneous pathways for the synthesis of formaldehyde from CH 4-O 2 mixtures

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2677-2688

  Zalc, Jeffrey M ^a   Green, William H ^b   Iglesia, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTION RATES; KINETIC LIMITS; KINETIC NETWORK; OXIDATION RATE;

BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); CHEMICAL BONDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

FORMALDEHYDE;

BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); CHEMICAL BONDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORMALDEHYDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 33646248405     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie050885t     Document Type: Conference Paper

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