Experimental study of freezing in a rectangular enclosure

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 129-136

  Leong, K C ^a   Tan, F L ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Freezing; Heat transfer; n paraffin solutions

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BINARY MIXTURES; ENCLOSURES; HEAT CONVECTION; PARAFFINS; PHASE INTERFACES; SOLIDIFICATION;

FROZEN MASS FRACTIONS;

FREEZING;

EID: 0031257487     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(97)02905-1     Document Type: Article

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