Moisture-induced ageing in granular media and the kinetics of capillary condensation

Nature

Volumn 396, Issue 6713, 1998, Pages 735-737

  Bocquet, L ^a   Charlaix, E ^a,b   Ciliberto, S ^a   Crassous, J ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Physique UMR CNRS ENSL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; FRICTION; HUMIDITY; KINETICS; MOISTURE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0032585609     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/25492     Document Type: Article

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