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Applications of the second law of thermodynamics to cryogenics—A review

✍ Scribed by John E. Ahern


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1980
Tongue
English
Weight
564 KB
Volume
5
Category
Article
ISSN
1751-4223

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