Combined machine learning approaches to predict the thermal conductivity of liquid mixtures | Science and Technology for Energy Transition (STET)

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Issue		Sci. Tech. Energ. Transition Volume 81, 2026


Article Number		15
Number of page(s)		13
DOI		https://doi.org/10.2516/stet/2026012
Published online		1 mai 2026

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