Ablation performance experiments with metal seeded polymers

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 766, Issue , 2005, Pages 423-432

  Schall, Wolfgang O ^a   Tegel, Jochen ^a   Eckel, Hans Albert ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

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EID: 33749171996     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1925163     Document Type: Article

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