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The (NH4)2SO4-Na2SO4-H2O system: comparison of deliquescence humidities measured in the field and estimated from laboratory measurements and thermodynamic modeling

Sotiria Koloutsou-VakakisEnvironmental Engineering and Science Program, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 205 N. Mathews, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Mark J. RoodEnvironmental Engineering and Science Program, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 205 N. Mathews, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Pages 1-15 | Received 26 Jan 1993, Accepted 26 Jul 1993, Published online: 18 Jan 2017

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