A feasibility study of the biologically inspired green manufacturing of precipitated silica

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 244, Issue , 2014, Pages 483-492

  Drummond, Craig ^a,c   McCann, Rachelle ^a,b   Patwardhan, Siddharth V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Franke Kitchen Systems   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosilica; Green silica; Manufacturing; Nanomaterials; Porous materials; Precipitated silica

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894301726     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.01.071     Document Type: Article

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