Kinetic Model for Formation of Aromatics in the High Temperature Chlorination of MethaneFootnote1

A preliminary account of this work was presented at the symposium on Natural Gas Upgrading 11, Division of petrolium Chemistry, American Chemical Society, San Francisco Meeting, April 5-10, 1992.

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