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Experimental investigation of the thermophysical properties of compact bone

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Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, No. 6, pp. 1092–1095, November–December, 1985.

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Zelenov, E.S. Experimental investigation of the thermophysical properties of compact bone. Mech Compos Mater 21, 759–762 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00605942

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