Superior mirage effect in supercritical CO2: Experiment and model

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 260-264

  Jain, Jatin P ^a   Rothe, Erhard W ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam deflection; Carbon dioxide; Mirage; Refractive index; Supercritical

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL LASERS; HELIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEON; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; WATER;

BEAM DEFLECTION; DENSITY GRADIENTS; MIRAGE; SUPERCRITICAL;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 24144481835     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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