Browsing MKOPSC Theses and Dissertations by Author "Wilhite, Benjamin"
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Harding, Brian Zachary (2016-05-27)The release of hazardous chemicals poses a threat to individuals in the area of a release and to responders who attempt to limit the damage of the release. For a liquid phase spill, the most common decontamination technology ...
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Sunder Janardanan, . (2018-10-24)The N-oxidation of alkylpyridines is used in the pharmaceutical industries to synthesize alkylpyridine N-oxides that are involved in the production of analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs. The synthesis process involves ...
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Sun, Yue (2019-11-08)Ketones are industrially produced in large quantities. They find application as solvents and polymer and pharmaceuticals precursors. Substantial efforts have been put towards a green oxidation of alcohols to ketones with ...
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Cui, Xiaohong (2017-10-09)This work aims to promote continuous manufacturing of fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals by proper reactor design and operation. These synthetically important yet potentially hazardous chemistries are conventionally carried ...
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Pittman, William C (2015-06-26)Mixed-acid nitration is a well-established process that has been conducted industrially for over 70 years. It involves highly exothermic reactions that must be managed to avoid thermal runaway events, a risk complicated ...
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Zhu, Wen (2019-07-18)Nitroaromatic compounds are among the largest group of industry chemicals. Due to the high bond-association energy (BDE) of the C-NO2 in nitroaromatic compounds (297 ± 17 kJ/mole), once the runaway reaction is triggered, ...