On the validity of pre-equilibrium model assumptions
β Scribed by Machner, H.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 619 KB
- Volume
- 302
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1434-601X
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