Studies of freezing-melting hysteresis in cryoporometry scanning loop experiments using NMR diffusometry and relaxometry

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 582-592

  Hitchcock, Iain ^a   Holt, Elizabeth M ^b   Lowe, John P ^c   Rigby, Sean P ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNSON MATTHEY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced melting; Catalyst support; PFG NMR; Phase change; Porous media; Voidage

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MELTING; PFG-NMR; PHASE CHANGE; POROUS MEDIA; VOIDAGE;

CATALYST SUPPORTS; EXPERIMENTS; HYSTERESIS; METAL MELTING; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS;

FREEZING;

EID: 78650711245     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.10.027     Document Type: Article

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