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Calcium Carbonate Formation in the Presence of Biopolymeric Additives
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Calcium Carbonate Formation in the Presence of Biopolymeric Additives

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[Effect of calciumhydroxide and its modified forms]

A Knappwost, B Wüstefeld

    Deutsche Zahnarztliche Zeitschrift
    |June 1, 1979
    PubMed

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