Quicksilver from cinnabar the first documented mechanochemical reaction?

JOM

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 12-13

  Takacs, Laszlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

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EID: 0141456967     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-000-0106-0     Document Type: Article

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