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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
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Numerical Study of Nanofluid Condensation Heat Transfer in a Square Microchannel

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Pages 1242-1265 | Received 03 Dec 2014, Accepted 07 Mar 2015, Published online: 23 Jun 2015

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