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Original Articles

Effects of Diluents on Soot Surface Temperature and Volume Fraction in Diluted Ethylene Diffusion Flames at Pressure

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Pages 815-828 | Received 17 Aug 2013, Accepted 20 Dec 2013, Published online: 20 May 2014

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