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Neutralization of rainwater acidity at Kanpur, India

Sheo Prasad ShuklaCivil Engineering Department, Institute of Engineering and Technology (Constituent College of Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow), Lucknow, U.P. 226 021, India
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Sharma MukeshCivil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, U.P. 208 016, India
Pages 172-180 | Received 12 May 2010, Accepted 04 Mar 2010, Published online: 18 Jan 2017

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