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Phase Transitions
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Research Article

Thermal energy storage behaviour of nanoparticle enhanced PCM during freezing and melting

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Pages 254-270 | Received 30 Mar 2017, Accepted 29 Jul 2017, Published online: 06 Sep 2017

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