Understanding hydrogen in bayer process emissions. 2. Hydrogen production during the degradation of unsaturated carboxylic acids in sodium hydroxide solutions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 12334-12342

  Costine, Allan ^a   Loh, Joanne S C ^a   Power, Greg ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALKALINE DEGRADATION; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; BAYER PROCESS; DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; DOUBLE BONDS; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN GAS; INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT; IONIC MECHANISMS; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MALEATE; MONOAROMATIC COMPOUNDS; NAOH CONCENTRATION; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN; REGIO-SELECTIVE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTIONS; UNSATURATED CARBONYL COMPOUNDS; UNSATURATED CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; WET OXIDATION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CARBONYL COMPOUNDS; CARBONYLATION; CARBOXYLATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DEGRADATION; HYDROGEN; OXIDATION; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SODIUM; STOICHIOMETRY; UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 80855131761     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie201388c     Document Type: Article

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