The Westerterp number (Wt)

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 385-387

  Pohorecki, Ryszard ^a   Molga, Eugeniusz ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

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EID: 77949562480     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2010.02.013     Document Type: Letter

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