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Barrie D. Dunn
Springer Praxis Books Astronautical Engineering
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Barrie D. Dunn
Materials and Processes for Spacecraft and High Reliability Applications
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Barrie D. Dunn School of Engineering University of Portsmouth Portsmouth UK
Published in association with Praxis Publishing, Chichester, UK ISSN 2365-9599 Springer Praxis Books ISBN 978-3-319-23361-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-23362-8
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This book is dedicated to Cato and Dennis
Preface
This book, as implied by the title page, is an extensively revised version of the
