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A discussion of the Papers “MECHANISM OF SULPHATE EXPANSION” by P. Xie and L.J. Beaudoin

✍ Scribed by Roger Dron

Book ID
107728614
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1993
Tongue
English
Weight
75 KB
Volume
23
Category
Article
ISSN
0008-8846

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