differential chemical reactor

differential chemical reactor

[‚dif·ə′ren·chəl ′kem·i·kəl rē′ak·tər]

(chemical engineering)

A flow reactor operated at constant temperature and very low concentrations (resulting from very short residence times), with product and reactant concentrations essentially constant at the levels in the feed.

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