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Comments on: “Toward improved heat transfer performance of annular heat exchangers with water/ethylene glycol based nanofluids containing graphene nanoplatelets, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 126.3 (2016): 1427–1436”

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  1. Department of Automotive and Marine Engineering Technology, College of Technological Studies, The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, Adailiya, Kuwait

    Abdullah A. A. A. Alrashed

  2. Young Researchers and Elite Club, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran

    Naghmeh Mahmoodian

  3. Medical Engineering Department, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran

    Naghmeh Mahmoodian

  4. School of Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, 67100, Xanthi, Greece

    Asterios Pantokratoras

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Alrashed, A.A.A.A., Mahmoodian, N. & Pantokratoras, A. Comments on: “Toward improved heat transfer performance of annular heat exchangers with water/ethylene glycol based nanofluids containing graphene nanoplatelets, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 126.3 (2016): 1427–1436”. J Therm Anal Calorim 134, 853–855 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-018-7240-9

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