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  • noun A very small-scale reactor

Etymologies

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micro- +‎ reactor

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Examples

  • Forbes has an article up about a professor in Oregon who has created a microreactor that turns vegetable oil into biodiesel.

    Biofuel | Blog | Futurismic 2006

  • Kothare and Pattekar demonstrated that a microreactor could chemically convert liquid methanol to hydrogen on an as-needed basis and in quantities that exceed by 10 times the amounts generated by other storage methods.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • The technology invented at Oregon State University to deposit "nanostructure films" on various surfaces in a continuous flow microreactor, however, addresses some of these issues and makes the use of this process more commercially practical.

    EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (ScienceDaily: none gi 2010

  • Nipping at Compact GTL's heels, meanwhile, is Columbus-based microreactor developer

    Technology Review RSS Feeds 2010

  • The technology invented at Oregon State University to deposit "nanostructure films" on various surfaces in a continuous flow microreactor, however, addresses some of these issues and makes the use of this process more commercially practical.

    EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (ScienceDaily: none gi 2010

  • "As solution processes, these microreactor-assisted, nanomaterial deposition approaches are less expensive than carbon nanotube approaches, and more importantly, processing temperatures are low."

    RedOrbit News - Technology 2010

  • Syrris design and manufacture world-leading flow chemistry, microreactor and automation products for research and development chemists.

    BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories 2009

  • At the core of MRT is a continuous impinging jet microreactor (reaction chamber) with flow rates in liters or tens of liters per minute, capable of mixing the reactants at the nanometer level.

    Nano Tech Wire 2009

  • "The combination of Corning's microreactor technology and DSM's chemical expertise allowed us to carry out this pilot production in a safe and operationally effective way."

    Nano Tech Wire 2008

  • InnovaTek, a Washington based company, has recently developed a microreactor that can convert almost any liquid fuel to hydrogen.

    TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends 2008

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