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Radutoiu, Nicoleta and Lacroix, Loïc and Alexis, Joël and Abrudeanu, Marioara and Petit, Jacques-Alain Study of the localized corrosion of over-aged aeronautical 2024 aluminum alloy. Kelvin probe Force Microscopy (KFM) application. In: ACMA 2012, 09 May 2012 - 12 May 2012 (Fez, Morocco).
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