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Additions of 2 to 45 percent nickel to copper provide a series of alloys that are considerably stronger and more resistant to oxidation at high temperatures than is copper . Of these cupronickels , the one containing 30 percent nickel ...
Additions of 2 to 45 percent nickel to copper provide a series of alloys that are considerably stronger and more resistant to oxidation at high temperatures than is copper . Of these cupronickels , the one containing 30 percent nickel ...
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Population growth in Denmark is determined primarily by the annual increase in births over than 2 percent by 1971. Average life expectancy , put at 50 years at the beginning of the century , by 1971 was just over 70 years for men and 75 ...
Population growth in Denmark is determined primarily by the annual increase in births over than 2 percent by 1971. Average life expectancy , put at 50 years at the beginning of the century , by 1971 was just over 70 years for men and 75 ...
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Variations within the usual range of about 18 to 30 percent of D - state sleep apparently are unrelated to differences in the amount or content of dreaming . The amount of D - state further seems generally independent of wide variations ...
Variations within the usual range of about 18 to 30 percent of D - state sleep apparently are unrelated to differences in the amount or content of dreaming . The amount of D - state further seems generally independent of wide variations ...
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