Preparation of Ultrafine Zeolite A Crystals with Narrow Particle Size Distribution Using a Two-Phase Liquid Segmented Microfluidic Reactor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 8471-8477

  Pan, Yichang ^a   Yao, Jianfeng ^a   Zhang, Lixiong ^a   Xu, Nanping ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUAL TUBE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; INNER TUBES; LIQUID PARAFFINS; MEAN PARTICLE SIZE; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICRO-FLUIDIC REACTORS; RATE OF CRYSTALLIZATION; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SYNTHESIS SOLUTION; SYNTHESIZED ZEOLITE; TWO-PHASE LIQUID; ULTRAFINE; ZEOLITE-A;

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; BATCH REACTORS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUIDIC DEVICES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; LIQUIDS; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVES; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TUBES (COMPONENTS); X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ZEOLITES;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 70349309898     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie900621y     Document Type: Article

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