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Thermogravimetric and Kinetic Analysis of Melon (Citrullus colocynthis L.) Seed Husk Using the Distributed Activation Energy Model

Environmental and Climate Technologies
Volume 15 (2015): Issue 1 (December 2015)
By: Bemgba Bevan Nyakuma  
Open Access
|Feb 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rtuect-2015-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8837 | Journal ISSN: 1691-5208
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Language: English
Page range: 77 - 89
Published on: Feb 12, 2016
Published by: Riga Technical University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Activation energy,
husks,
kinetics,
melon,
thermogravimetric
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Life sciences, other

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