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DURING the combustion of liquid fuel drops, the chemical oxidation occurs in the vapour phase. The rate-controlling process is thus the transfer of the heat necessary for the evaporation of the drop1.
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GODSAVE, G. Rates of Combustion of Solid Fuel Particles. Nature 171, 86 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/171086a0
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