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A study of cyclohexane diffusion in hybrid (organic/inorganic) gels monitored by an oscillating balance reactor

Gustavo Larsen1, David Vu, Rosa Venturini

  • 1Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0126, USA. glarsen@unlserve.unl.edu

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
|November 18, 2005
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