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Modelling of a passive autocatalytic hydrogen recombiner – a parametric study Cover

Modelling of a passive autocatalytic hydrogen recombiner – a parametric study

By: Antoni Rożeń  
Open Access
|Mar 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2015-0002 | Journal eISSN: 1508-5791 | Journal ISSN: 0029-5922
Language: English
Page range: 161 - 169
Submitted on: Aug 14, 2014
Accepted on: Nov 27, 2014
Published on: Mar 12, 2015
Published by: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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