Approximate critical conditions in thermal explosion theory for a two-step kinetic model

Journal of Mathematical Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 790-807

  Ajadi, S O ^a,b   Nave, O ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Niger)

Author keywords

Asymptotic procedure; Radical termination; Thermal explosion; Two step reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952955945     PISSN: 02599791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10910-009-9600-y     Document Type: Article

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