Experimental assessment of naphthalene formation mechanisms in non-premixed flames

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-6, 1997, Pages 257-278

  McEnally, Charles S ^a   Pfefferle, Lisa D ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental combustion soot and particulates; Flames diffusion and laminar; Kinetics of combustion processes global rates and mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001482953     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102209708935712     Document Type: Article

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