Salt hydrates for water activity control with biocatalysts in organic media
β Scribed by Peter J. Halling
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 431 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0951-208X
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