Formation of small organic particles by RESS: Experimental and theoretical investigations

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-89

  Türk, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Modelling; Nucleation theory; Phase behaviour; RESS experiments; Supersaturation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001860822     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-8446(98)00131-4     Document Type: Article

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