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Multi-Monte Carlo method for coagulation and condensation/evaporation in dispersed systems

Haibo Zhao1, Chuguang Zheng, Minghou Xu

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074 Hubei, People's Republic of China. klinsmannzhb@163.com

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
|April 26, 2005
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