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The Effect of Oxygen Concentration on Sooting Diffusion Flames

GLASSMAN Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 08544
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P. YACCARINO Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 08544
Pages 107-114 | Received 02 Jul 1980, Published online: 27 Apr 2007

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