Pyrrolidinium imides: Promising ionic liquids for direct capture of elemental mercury from flue gas

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 349-358

  Ji, Lei ^a   Thiel, Stephen W ^a   Pinto, Neville G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Chelating adsorbent; Flue gas; Ionic liquid; Mercury; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHELATE; COMBUSTION; IMMOBILIZATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; RESIDENCE TIME; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 42249099478     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-007-9144-8     Document Type: Article

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