Scaling-up a confined jet reactor for the continuous hydrothermal manufacture of nanomaterials

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 5270-5281

  Gruar, Robert I ^a   Tighe, Christopher J ^a   Darr, Jawwad A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS HYDROTHERMAL FLOW SYNTHESIS; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; METAL SALT PRECURSORS; METAL SALT SOLUTION; PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS; PILOT PLANT SCALE; SUPERCRITICAL WATER; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MANUFACTURE; MIXERS (MACHINERY); NANOPARTICLES; PILOT PLANTS;

MIXING;

EID: 84876469190     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie302567d     Document Type: Article

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