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Foam formation in low expansion fire fighting equipment

Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis

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Foam formation in low expansion fire fighting equipment. / Rogers, Lucy.
Lancaster University, 2001. 210 p.

Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis

Harvard

Rogers, L 2001, 'Foam formation in low expansion fire fighting equipment', PhD, Lancaster University. https://doi.org/10.17635/lancaster/thesis/1239

APA

Rogers, L. (2001). Foam formation in low expansion fire fighting equipment. [Doctoral Thesis, Lancaster University]. Lancaster University. https://doi.org/10.17635/lancaster/thesis/1239

Vancouver

Rogers L. Foam formation in low expansion fire fighting equipment. Lancaster University, 2001. 210 p. doi: 10.17635/lancaster/thesis/1239

Author

Rogers, Lucy. / Foam formation in low expansion fire fighting equipment. Lancaster University, 2001. 210 p.

Bibtex

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