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Matériaux & Techniques
Volume 114, Number 4, 2026
Special Issue on ‘Society and Materials, Social Sciences and Materials Science’, edited by J.P. Birat, A. Declich, J.R. Garcia, A.L. Hettinger, L. Kolbeinsen, J. Peters and M. Weil
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| Article Number | 405 | |
| Number of page(s) | 12 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/mattech/2026020 | |
| Published online | 14 July 2026 | |
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