Polish Journal of Chemical Technology, 16, 1, 7 —

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14,J. 10.2478/pjct-2014-0002
Chem. Tech., Vol. 16, No. 1, 2013 7

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Mahdi Deymi-Dashtebayaz1*, Mahmood Farzaneh-Gord2, Hamid Reza Rahbari3
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Islamic Azad University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shahrood Branch, Shahrood, Iran
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Shahrood University of Technology, The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Shahrood, Iran
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Damghan Branch, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Damghan, Iran
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Corresponding authors: e-mail: meh_deimi@yahoo.com

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