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Original Articles

Vaporisation characteristics of methanol, ethanol and heptane droplets in opposed stagnation flow at low temperature and pressure

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Pages 715-735 | Received 23 Jun 2011, Accepted 31 Oct 2011, Published online: 31 Jan 2012

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