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A study of the effect of test variables on the flexural modulus of plastics

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Crawford, R.J., Yigsaw, Y. A study of the effect of test variables on the flexural modulus of plastics. J Mater Sci Lett 3, 171–176 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00723107

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