Thermal effects in cellulose pyrolysis: Relationship to char formation processes

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 653-662

  Milosavljevic, Ivan ^a   Oja, Vahur ^a   Suuberg, Eric M ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

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EID: 0001192718     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie950438l     Document Type: Article

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