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Assessment of some brittleness indexes in rock-drilling efficiency

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Altindag, R. Assessment of some brittleness indexes in rock-drilling efficiency. Rock Mech Rock Eng 43, 361–370 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-009-0057-x

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