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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Higman, Chris.
gasification / Chris Higman and Maarten van der Burgt.-2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-8528-3

ISBN-10: 0-7506-8528-X

1. Coal gasification. I. Burgt, Maarten van der. II. Title.
TP759.H54 2008
665.7 72-dc22
2007048528

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ISBN: 978-0-7506-8528-3

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