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Original Article

Surface breaking cracks in resistance spot welds of dual phase steels with electrogalvanised and hot dip zinc coating

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Pages 25-31 | Received 31 Jul 2012, Accepted 30 Aug 2012, Published online: 12 Nov 2013

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