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Dependence of Minimum Ignition Energy on Ignition Parameters

ABDELKADER FRENDI Division of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, R.I, 02912
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MERWIN SIBULKIN Division of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, R.I, 02912
Pages 395-413 | Received 30 Jan 1990, Accepted 14 May 1990, Published online: 27 Apr 2007

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