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Scanning Electron Microscopic (SEM) Study

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Segnet and Anderson (1971) indicated the nature of changes occurring in the physical structures of a well and a poorly crystallized kaolinite when heated to different temperatures by scanning electron microscopic studies.

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Chakraborty, A.K. (2014). Scanning Electron Microscopic (SEM) Study. In: Phase Transformation of Kaolinite Clay. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1154-9_15

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