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Title: New Group Contribution and Equation of State Models for Improved Engineering Practice

Abstract

As this was the final year of the research contract, most of the activities centered on completing some of the research in progress, and an orderly transition to other activities. Overall, the recent years of the project have been successful as evidenced by the accomplishments listed below and the papers published between 2005 and the present, as well as their impact and the cooperation they have encouraged with people qt other universities and industry.

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Research Org.:
University of Delaware, Newark DE 19716
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE - Office of Energy Research (ER)
OSTI Identifier:
934782
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/13436- Final Report
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-85ER13436
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS

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Sandler, Stanley I. New Group Contribution and Equation of State Models for Improved Engineering Practice. United States: N. p., 2008. Web. doi:10.2172/934782.
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author = {Sandler, Stanley I},
abstractNote = {As this was the final year of the research contract, most of the activities centered on completing some of the research in progress, and an orderly transition to other activities. Overall, the recent years of the project have been successful as evidenced by the accomplishments listed below and the papers published between 2005 and the present, as well as their impact and the cooperation they have encouraged with people qt other universities and industry.},
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year = {Mon Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2008},
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