The benzylation of xylenes using heterogeneous catalysts from rice husk ash silica modified with gallium, indium and iron

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 328-334

  Adam, Farook ^a   Ahmed, Adil Elhag ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Benzylation; Heterogeneous catalyst; Rice husk silica; Sol gel; Xylene

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CATALYSTS; SILICA; XYLENE;

BENZYLATION; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; RICE HUSK SILICA; SOL-GEL;

CATALYSIS;

EID: 55449098338     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.08.028     Document Type: Article

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