Chapter 3 Computational Thermochemistry: A Brief Overview of Quantum Mechanical Approaches

Annual Reports in Computational Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue C, 2005, Pages 31-43

  Martin, Jan M L ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 77956757159     PISSN: 15741400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-1400(05)01003-0     Document Type: Review

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