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The effects of scratching speed in ultrasonic vibration-assisted single diamond scratching process
- Award ID(s):
- 2102181
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10469150
- Publisher / Repository:
- Elsevier
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Manufacturing Letters
- Volume:
- 35
- Issue:
- S
- ISSN:
- 2213-8463
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 289 to 296
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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