An investigation of condensation from steam-gas mixtures flowing downward inside a vertical tube

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 177, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 53-69

  Kuhn, S Z ^a   Schrock, V E ^a   Peterson, P F ^a  

^a Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

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EID: 0002523296     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(97)00185-4     Document Type: Article

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