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On the possibility of a thermal explosion initiated by a heterogeneous reaction between H2 and O2

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    E. N. Aleksandrov & S. N. Kozlov

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Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 135–140, November–December, 2008.

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Aleksandrov, E.N., Kuznetsov, N.M. & Kozlov, S.N. On the possibility of a thermal explosion initiated by a heterogeneous reaction between H2 and O2 . Combust Explos Shock Waves 44, 737–742 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10573-008-0111-0

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