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Reacting with the flows of similarity

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Daniele Marchisio discusses the importance of chemical reaction rates with respect to physical transport rates with the help of the Damköhler numbers.

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Marchisio, D. Reacting with the flows of similarity. Nat Chem Eng 1, 440 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44286-024-00080-y

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