Preparation and emission characteristics of ethanol-diesel fuel blends

Run-Duo Zhang1, Hong He, Xiao-Yan Shi

  • 1Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.

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