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Based on an updated version of the International Encyclopedia of Heat and Mass Transfer, the entirely revised online version of THERMOPEDIA covers a wide range of fundamental topics including thermodynamics and physical properties, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, mass transfer, and basic equations and their methods of solution. Details of industrial processes and plants and of equipment involving fluid mechanics and heat transfer are also presented.
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United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
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What is a technical report? A technical report is a document that describes the process, progress, or results of technical or scientific research, or the state of a technical or scientific research problem.