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Matériaux & Techniques
Volume 114, Number 1, 2026
Special Issue on ‘Advances in Steel Technologies’, edited by Carlo Mapelli, Silvia Barella and Riccardo Carli
Article Number 103
Number of page(s) 18
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/mattech/2026002
Published online 24 février 2026
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