Acidic mesoporous silica for the catalytic conversion of fatty acids in beef tallow

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3022-3028

  Mbaraka, Isa K ^a   McGuire, Kyle J ^a   Shanks, Brent H ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC CONVERSION; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; MESOPOROUS SILICA; PROPYLSULFONIC ACID;

ACIDITY; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ESTERIFICATION; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; SILICA; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

FATTY ACIDS;

ACIDITY; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ESTERIFICATION; FATTY ACIDS; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; SILICA; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 33646505526     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0601089     Document Type: Article

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