Scale up production of nanoparticles: Continuous supercritical water synthesis of Ce-Zn oxides

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 5522-5528

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS PROCESS; CONTINUOUS REACTORS; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION; MIXING CHARACTERISTICS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; SUPERCRITICAL WATER; SUPERCRITICAL WATER SYNTHESIS;

LABORATORIES; MIXERS (MACHINERY); PILOT PLANTS; SOLUBILITY; ZINC;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84876545826     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie3025642     Document Type: Article

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