An unusual nobel prize

Notes and Records of the Royal Society

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-153

  Cahn, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elinvar; Invar; Metrology; Precision metallurgy

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944490180     PISSN: 00359149     EISSN: 17430178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2004.0082     Document Type: Review

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