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Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3501-3503

  Voitl, Tobias ^a   Von Rohr, Philipp Rudolf ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77950400079     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100313f     Document Type: Note

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