How nanotechnology can change the concrete world

American Ceramic Society Bulletin

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 14-18

  Sobolev, Konstantin ^a   Gutiérrez, Miguel Ferrada ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

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EID: 34247534855     PISSN: 00027812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
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