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Experimental study of catalytic degradation of polypropylene by acid-activated clay and performance of Ni as a promoter

Muhammad Ali UzairU.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy (USPCAS-E), National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, PakistanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ali WaqasU.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy (USPCAS-E), National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Asif H. KhojaU.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy (USPCAS-E), National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan;Chemical Reaction Engineering Group (CREG), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
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Nisar AhmedNano Science and Catalysis Division, National Center for Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan
Pages 3618-3624 | Published online: 01 Nov 2016

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