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(1)POLITECNICO DI TORINO Repository ISTITUZIONALE. Atmospheric plasma treatments in converting and textile industries.. Original Atmospheric plasma treatments in converting and textile industries. / SPARAVIGNA A.C.; WOLF R.A. - (2008), pp. 1112.. Availability: This version is available at: 11583/2308916 since: Publisher: Lulu Enterprises, Inc. Published DOI: Terms of use: openAccess This article is made available under terms and conditions as specified in the corresponding bibliographic description in the repository. Publisher copyright. (Article begins on next page). 13 November 2021.

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