The geometry of separation processes: A horse-carrot theorem for steady flow systems

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 571-576

  Salamon, P ^a   Nulton, J D ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b San Diego City College   (United States)

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EID: 0032094581     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i1998-00289-y     Document Type: Article

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