Issue
Matériaux & Techniques
Volume 113, Number 4, 2025
Special Issue on ‘Opportunities and Challenges of Hydrogen Use for Steelmaking Decarbonization’, edited by Ismael Matino, Valentina Colla and Akhilesh Swarnakar
Article Number 402
Number of page(s) 14
Section Circular economy, recycling, reuse, sobriety
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/mattech/2025014
Published online 29 October 2025
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