Processing of metal foams - challenges and opportunities

Advanced Engineering Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 159-165

  Körner, Carolin ^a   Singer, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 0034347635     PISSN: 14381656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1527-2648(200004)2:4<159::AID-ADEM159>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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