Supercooling, nucleation, rotator phases, and surface crystallization of n-alkane melts

Langmuir

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3133-3136

  Sirota, E B ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; MOLTEN MATERIALS; NUCLEATION;

MELT CRYSTALLIZATION; SUPERCOOLING; SURFACE CRYSTALLIZATION;

PARAFFINS;

EID: 0032073863     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la970594s     Document Type: Article

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