Scalable reactor design for pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals production. 1: Potential scale-up obstacles

Organic Process Research and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 539-552

  Caygill, Graham ^a,b   Zanfir, M ^a,c   Gavriilidis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

^c PRAXAIR INC   (United States)

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EID: 33745745048     PISSN: 10836160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/op050133a     Document Type: Review

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