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Technical Paper

Pool Boiling from Downward-Facing Curved Surfaces: Effects of Radius of Curvature and Edge Angle

Mohamed S. El-GenkUniversity of New Mexico, Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
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Cheng GaoUniversity of New Mexico, Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
Pages 351-364 | Published online: 10 May 2017

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