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Surface Areas of Metals and Metal Compounds: A Rapid Method of Determination

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  1. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga., USA

    C. Orr Jr., H. G. Blocker & Susan L. Craig

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Discussion on this paper, TP 3298 E, may be sent, 2 copies, to AIME by Dec. 1, 1952. Manuscript, Dec. 4, 1951. Philadelphia Meeting, October 1952.

The work reported in this paper was conducted by Georgia Institute of Technology Engineering Experiment Station through the sponsorship of the U. S. Army Signal Corps under Contract Nos. W36-039-sc-38258 and DA-36-039-sc-5411.

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Orr, C., Blocker, H.G. & Craig, S.L. Surface Areas of Metals and Metal Compounds: A Rapid Method of Determination. JOM 4, 657–660 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03397740

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