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Updated, revised, and restructured to reflect the latest advances in science and applications,
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Piezoelectric Materials and Devices: Applications in Engineering and Medical Sciences
provides a complete overview of piezoelectric materials, covering all aspects of the materials …

The problems of cost, environmental protection and efficiency of hard rock fragmentation in
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Drilling consists of 2 processes: breaking the formation with a bit and removing the drilled
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High-voltage electric pulse rock-breaking technology has the potential to improve drilling
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th th Mars, the Red Planet, fourth planet from the Sun, forever linked with 19 and 20 Century
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