An empirical method for estimating the entropy of formation and the absolute entropy of dried microbial biomass for use in studies on the thermodynamics of microbial growth

Thermochimica Acta

Volumn 326, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 7-15

  Battley, Edwin H ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entropy; Entropy of formation; Growth process; Indirect calorimetry; Microorganisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039833695     PISSN: 00406031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0040-6031(98)00584-x     Document Type: Article

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