Articles | Volume 14, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-7665-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-7665-2014
Research article
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30 Jul 2014
Research article |  | 30 Jul 2014

Analysis of the effect of water activity on ice formation using a new thermodynamic framework

D. Barahona

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