Mixed alcohol synthesis over a K promoted Cu/ZnO/Al2O 3 catalyst in supercritical hexanes

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 41, 2013, Pages 14514-14524

  Xu, Rui ^a   Zhang, Sihe ^a   Roberts, Christopher B ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; MIXED METAL OXIDE CATALYST; REACTION PERFORMANCE; SOLVENT CONDITIONS; SUPERCRITICAL HEXANE; SUPERCRITICAL PHASE; SUPERCRITICAL REACTIONS; VOLUME REDUCTIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HEXANE; ISOMERS; PRODUCTIVITY; SYNTHESIS GAS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84885973442     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie3024017     Document Type: Article

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