Gas Chromatography in Space Exploration

Gas Chromatography

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 711-720

  Pietrogrande, Maria Chiara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385540-4.00031-6     Document Type: Chapter

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