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Characterization of Thermal Transport in One-dimensional Solid Materials
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Published on: January 26, 2014

[Thermal behavior of gypsum bonded investments. (Part I) Thermal behavior in heating process(author's transl)]

Y Tasaki

    Shika Rikogaku Zasshi. Journal of the Japan Society for Dental Apparatus and Materials
    |April 1, 1979
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