Quasi-Homogeneous nucleation in microgravity at low heat flux: Experiments and theory

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 305-312

  Merte, H ^a   Lee, H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Boiling; Microgravity Heat Transfer; Transient and Unsteady Heat Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011218982     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2824224     Document Type: Article

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