Crystallography (electron backscatter diffraction) and chemistry (electron probe microanalysis) of the avian eggshell

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2558-2562

  Dalbeck, Paul ^a   Cusack, Maggie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33751304234     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg068008t     Document Type: Article

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