Room temperature ionic liquids for mercury capture from flue gas

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 8396-8400

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELATING ADSORBENTS; CHLORIDE ANIONS; ELEMENTAL MERCURIES; GAS PHASE; MESOPOROUS SILICAS; NANOSTRUCTURED; OXIDIZED MERCURIES; ROOM TEMPERATURE IONIC LIQUIDS;

ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; COLLOIDS; DISSOCIATION; FLUE GASES; GELATION; HYDROGEN; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IONS; LIQUIDS; MERCURY (METAL); SILICA; SILICA GEL;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 56749161888     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie8008023     Document Type: Article

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