Regimes of microscale radiative transfer for exchange of thermal energy between metallic surfaces

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD

Volumn 345, Issue , 1997, Pages 65-72

  Whale, MacMurray D ^a   Cravalho, Ernest G ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

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EID: 0012250437     PISSN: 02725673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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