Review: Coalinga chrysotile: Dissolution, concentration, regulation and general relevance

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-57

  Ilgren, E B ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chrysotile; Coalinga; Dissolution; Fibrils (fibrillar); Ultra structure

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOTILE;

DISSOLUTION; FIBER; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 38849141030     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X07086944     Document Type: Review

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