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Casting Protocols for the Production of Open Cell Aluminum Foams by the Replication Technique and the Effect on Porosity
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Correction: Hassanabadi et al. Hydraulic Characterization of Ceramic Foam Filters Used in Aluminum Filtration.
Massoud Hassanabadi1, Thomas Berto1, Shahid Akhtar2
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 23, 2024
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