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The Scientific and Technological Route to the Manufacture of High-Modulus Polyethylene

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Mackley, M. The Scientific and Technological Route to the Manufacture of High-Modulus Polyethylene. MRS Bulletin 22, 47–50 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1557/S088376940003400X

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