Optimized Slurries for Spray Drying: Different Approaches to Obtain Homogeneous and Deformable Alumina-Zirconia Granules.
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SUBMITTER: Naglieri V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5452785 | biostudies-other | 2013 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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