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Jian Sun1,2, Yong Huang1, Yulin He3

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Utilization of Carbon Based Energy Resources, College of Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830017, China.

Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
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asphalt emulsioncement-stabilized macadamelastic modulusflexural strengthfrost resistanceunconfined compressive strength

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