A thermal balancing act

Science

Volumn 283, Issue 5408, 1999, Pages 1652-1653

  Anderson, Orson L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; HEAT TRANSFER; PHYSICS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0033548707     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5408.1652     Document Type: Short Survey

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