Hydrogen Combustion and Its Application to Nuclear Reactor Safety

Advances in Heat Transfer

Volumn 29, Issue C, 1997, Pages 59-127

  Lee, John H S ^a   Berman, Marshall ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 0002988334     PISSN: 00652717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2717(08)70184-9     Document Type: Article

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