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Predicting activation energy of thermolysis of polynitro arenes through molecular structure

Mohammad Hossein Keshavarz1, Hamid Reza Pouretedal, Arash Shokrolahi

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Malek-ashtar University of Technology, Shahin-shahr, Islamic Republic of Iran. mhkeshavarz@mut-es.ac.ir

Journal of Hazardous Materials
|April 11, 2008
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