Production of Continuous Open Cell Elastomer Sheets
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: NIPPON GOMU KYOKAISHI
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1884-0442,0029-022X
DOI: 10.2324/gomu.81.317