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Oil & Gas Science and Technology - Rev. IFP
Volume 61, Number 3, May-June 2006
Dossier: Petroleum Industry Applications of Thermodynamics
Page(s) 319 - 343
DOI https://doi.org/10.2516/ogst:2006037a
Published online 01 January 2007
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