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An Analog Macroscopic Technique for Studying Molecular Hydrodynamic Processes in Dense Gases and Liquids
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An Analog Macroscopic Technique for Studying Molecular Hydrodynamic Processes in Dense Gases and Liquids

Published on: December 4, 2017

Comment on "Heat capacity, enthalpy fluctuations, and configurational entropy in broken ergodic systems" [J. Chem.

G P Johari

    The Journal of Chemical Physics
    |April 19, 2011
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