Gravimetric analysis of the autocatalytic growth of copper microparticles in aqueous solution

Jinuk Byun1, Kwang Hawn Kim1, Byung Keun Kim1

  • 1School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University Gwanak-ro 1, Gwanak-gu Seoul 08826 Republic of Korea jjkimm@snu.ac.kr.

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|May 11, 2022
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