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- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10400703
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Instrumentation
- Volume:
- 17
- Issue:
- 06
- Page Range or eLocation-ID:
- P06039
- ISSN:
- 1748-0221
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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