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Evaluating the thermal conductivity of foam plastics

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  1. Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR, Riga

    M. P. Gailite, A. M. Tolks, A. Zh. Lagzdin' & A. É. Terauds

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Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, No. 3, pp. 432–436, May–June, 1990.

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Gailite, M.P., Tolks, A.M., Lagzdin', A.Z. et al. Evaluating the thermal conductivity of foam plastics. Mech Compos Mater 26, 315–319 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00613106

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