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Thermal Diffusion

Enrichment of Heavy Water by Thermal Diffusion in the Frazier Schemes with Column Heights Varied at a Constant Increment for Improved Performance

Ho-Ming YehEnergy and Opto-Electronic Materials Research Center, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Tamkang University, Tamsui, New Taipei City, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Zheng-Xiu TsaiEnergy and Opto-Electronic Materials Research Center, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Tamkang University, Tamsui, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Ching-Chun HsuEnergy and Opto-Electronic Materials Research Center, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Tamkang University, Tamsui, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Pages 2933-2941 | Received 19 May 2011, Accepted 21 Jul 2014, Published online: 02 Sep 2014

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