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The current work presents new experimental autoignition and speciation data on the two
- Award ID(s):
- 1701343
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10454750
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- International Journal of Chemical Kinetics
- Volume:
- 53
- Issue:
- 2
- ISSN:
- 0538-8066
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 287-298
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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