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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073DOI: 10.1016/J.MATCHEMPHYS.2019.04.009 Corpus ID: 146437182; Preparation and characterization of high silicon ceramic proppants using low grade bauxite and fly ash @article{Ren2019PreparationAC, title={Preparation and characterization of high silicon ceramic proppants using low grade bauxite and fly ash}, author={Qiang Ren and Yu …
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