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THE EFFECT OF RHEOLOGICAL COMPLEXITIES ON POWER CONSUMPTION IN AN AERATED, AGITATED VESSEL

A.W. NIENOW Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London, W.C.I, U.K.View further author information
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D.J. WISDOM Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London, W.C.I, U.K.
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J. SOLOMON Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London, W.C.I, U.K.
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V. MACHON Department of Chemical Engineering, Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czechoslovakia
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J. VLCEK Department of Chemical Engineering, Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Pages 273-293 | Received 26 Feb 1982, Accepted 09 Aug 1982, Published online: 27 Apr 2007

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