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Recrystallisation behaviour of a fully austenitic Nb-stabilised stainless steel. / Barcellini, Chiara; Dumbill, Simon; Jimenez-Melero, Enrique.

In: Journal of Microscopy, Vol. 274, No. 1, 04.2019, p. 3-12.

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Barcellini, C, Dumbill, S & Jimenez-Melero, E 2019, 'Recrystallisation behaviour of a fully austenitic Nb-stabilised stainless steel', Journal of Microscopy, vol. 274, no. 1, pp. 3-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.12776

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Barcellini, C., Dumbill, S., & Jimenez-Melero, E. (2019). Recrystallisation behaviour of a fully austenitic Nb-stabilised stainless steel. Journal of Microscopy, 274(1), 3-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.12776

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Barcellini C, Dumbill S, Jimenez-Melero E. Recrystallisation behaviour of a fully austenitic Nb-stabilised stainless steel. Journal of Microscopy. 2019 Apr;274(1):3-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.12776

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Barcellini, Chiara ; Dumbill, Simon ; Jimenez-Melero, Enrique. / Recrystallisation behaviour of a fully austenitic Nb-stabilised stainless steel. In: Journal of Microscopy. 2019 ; Vol. 274, No. 1. pp. 3-12.

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