Biodegradable blends of cellulose with synthetic polymers and some other polysaccharides
β Scribed by Rogovina, Svetlana; Aleksanyan, Kristine; Prut, Eduard; Gorenberg, Arkadii
- Book ID
- 118274544
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 730 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-3057
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