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The theory of elastic constants

A. Ferrarini Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Padova, Padova, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 811-823 | Received 14 Dec 2009, Accepted 28 Mar 2010, Published online: 06 Jul 2010

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