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Capillarity in Porous Media: Recent Advances and Challenges
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Oil Gas Sci. Technol. – Rev. IFP Energies nouvelles
Volume 76, 2021
Capillarity in Porous Media: Recent Advances and Challenges
Article Number 43
Number of page(s) 19
DOI https://doi.org/10.2516/ogst/2021025
Published online 14 June 2021
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