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Generation and Control of Electrohydrodynamic Flows in Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions
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Physicochemical influences on electrohydrodynamic transport in compressible packed beds of colloidal boehmite

Bastian Schäfer1, Hermann Nirschl

  • 1Institut für Mechanische Verfahrenstechnik und Mechanik, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany. bastian.schaefer@mvm.uka.de

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
|November 10, 2007
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