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Irradiation of Plastics: Damage and Gas Evolution

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Evans, D., Crook, M.A. Irradiation of Plastics: Damage and Gas Evolution. MRS Bulletin 22, 36–40 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1557/S0883769400033017

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