Clean hulls without poisons: Devising and testing nontoxic marine coatings

Journal of Coatings Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 900, 2000, Pages 45-56

  Brady Jr , Robert F ^a,b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Chemistry Division   (United States)

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EID: 33749194751     PISSN: 03618773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02698394     Document Type: Article

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