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Original Articles

Influence of Sampling and Storage Protocol on Fractal Morphology of Soot Studied by Transmission Electron Microscopy

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Pages 1005-1017 | Received 14 Apr 2010, Accepted 21 Jun 2010, Published online: 13 Sep 2010

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