Separation of Xylene Isomers

Metal-Organic Frameworks: Applications from Catalysis to Gas Storage

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 171-190

  Denayer, Joeri F M ^a   De Vos, Dirk ^b   Leflaive, Philibert ^c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Adsorbents; Metal organic frameworks; Xylene isomers; Xylene separation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885549669     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527635856.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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