Selective catalytic hydrogenation for industrial 1-hexene purification

Includes abstract. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 79-82). === Linear alpha-olefins, including 1-hexene, are used mainly as co-monomers in the production of polymers. The very low tolerance of the polymerisation catalyst to highly unsaturated impurities makes removal of these impurit...

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Main Author: McEwan, Lynsey
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10852