An experimental study on the initiation and growth of frost formation on a horizontal plate

Experimental Heat Transfer

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 101-119

  ŞAhin, Ahmet Z ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFUSION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); THERMAL EFFECTS; VAPORS;

FROST FORMATION; NUCLEATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CRYSTAL GROWTH;

EID: 0028422044     PISSN: 08916152     EISSN: 15210480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08916159408946475     Document Type: Article

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