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Rothbart, D., Schreifels, J. (2006). Visualizing Instrumental Techniques of Surface Chemistry. In: Baird, D., Scerri, E., McIntyre, L. (eds) Philosophy Of Chemistry. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 242. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3261-7_16

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