Recent advances in the unlined cast iron pipe scale characteristics, cleaning techniques and harmless disposal

Ming Li1, Dong Zhang1, Ru Zhang1

  • 1School of Ecology and Environment, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, 100048, China.

Chemosphere
|August 18, 2023
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