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Technical Paper

Comparison of measurement methods for the characterization of the black carbon emissions from a T63 turboshaft engine burning conventional and Fischer-Tropsch fuels

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Pages 576-591 | Received 30 Aug 2018, Accepted 28 Nov 2018, Published online: 01 Mar 2019

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