Evaporatively controlled growth of salt trees

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 1994-1997

  Du, Rose ^a   Stone, H A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 5344254566     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.53.1994     Document Type: Article

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