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Mechanical and Tribological Performance of AA6061 Hybrid Nanocomposites Produced by Stir-Ultrasonic-Squeeze Casting Method

Utkarsh Pandey, Joyjeet Ghose, Bappa Acherjee, Gayatri Paul

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