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Rheometry of pastes, suspensions, and granular materials [[electronic resource] ] : applications in industry and environment / / Philippe Coussot
Rheometry of pastes, suspensions, and granular materials [[electronic resource] ] : applications in industry and environment / / Philippe Coussot
Autore Coussot Philippe
Pubbl/distr/stampa Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2005
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (311 p.)
Disciplina 620.1/1
620.11
Soggetto topico Amorphous substances
Rheology
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-280-27587-1
9786610275878
0-470-32324-8
0-471-72057-7
0-471-72056-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto RHEOMETRY OF PASTES, SUSPENSIONS, AND GRANULAR MATERIALS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; NOTATION; INTRODUCTION; 1 MATERIAL MECHANICS; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Continuum Mechanics; 1.2.1 Definition of a Material; 1.2.2 Continuum Assumption; 1.2.3 Main Variables; 1.2.4 Conservation Laws; 1.3 Constitutive Equation; 1.3.1 Physical Origin; 1.3.2 General Characteristics; 1.3.3 Effect of Change in Frame of Observation; 1.3.4 Solids and Fluids; 1.3.5 Simple Shear and Viscometric Flows; 1.4 Viscometric Flows; 1.4.1 Free Surface Flow over a Plane; 1.4.2 Flow between Parallel Disks
1.4.3 Flow between a Cone and a Plate1.4.4 Flow between Two Coaxial Cylinders; 1.4.5 Flow in a Cylindrical Conduit (Poiseuille Flow); References; 2 RHEOPHYSICS OF PASTES AND GRANULAR MATERIALS; 2.1 Interactions between Material Elements; 2.1.1 Hydrodynamic Interactions; 2.1.2 Colloidal Interactions; 2.1.3 Interactions between Bubbles or Droplets; 2.1.4 Interactions between Two Solid Particles; 2.1.5 Classification of Forces; 2.2 Rheology of Soft Jammed Systems (Pastes); 2.2.1 Solid Regime: Viscoelasticity; 2.2.2 Solid-Liquid Transition: Yielding; 2.2.3 Liquid Regime: Flow
2.2.4 Time Effects: Thixotropy2.2.5 Synthesis; 2.3 Rheology of Granular Materials; 2.3.1 Frictional Regime; 2.3.2 Collisional Regime; 2.3.3 Frictional-Collisional Regime Transition; 2.4 Rheology of Granular Pastes; 2.4.1 Frictional Regime; 2.4.2 Lubricational Regime; 2.4.3 Frictional-Lubricational Regime Transition; References; 3 EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES AND PROBLEMS IN PASTE VISCOMETRY; 3.1 Experimental Procedures; 3.1.1 Setup of the Material; 3.1.2 Viscoelasticity in the Solid Regime; 3.1.3 Yielding: Solid-Liquid Transition; 3.1.4 Flow Curve; 3.1.5 Thixotropy
3.1.6 Effect of Heterogeneity in Shear Rate3.2 Wall Slip; 3.2.1 Physical Origin; 3.2.2 General Mechanical Characteristics; 3.2.3 Couette Flow; 3.2.4 Parallel Disks; 3.2.5 Cone-Plate Flow; 3.2.6 Capillary Flows; 3.2.7 Wall Slip, Yielding, and Fracture; 3.2.8 How to Avoid Wall Slip; 3.3 Shear Localization; 3.3.1 Plateau in Flow Curve and Viscosity Bifurcation; 3.3.2 Modeling; 3.3.3 Shear Banding; 3.3.4 Implications for Paste Rheometry in the Continuum Regime; 3.3.5 Paste Rheometry in the Discrete Regime; 3.4 Surface Tension Effects; 3.4.1 Surface Tension in Simple Liquids
3.4.2 Surface Tension for Non-Newtonian Liquids3.5 Drying; 3.5.1 Evaporation; 3.5.2 Drying Regimes; 3.5.3 Drying Rates during Rheometrical Tests; 3.5.4 Effect of Drying on Rheometry; 3.5.5 Countermeasures; 3.6 Phase Separation; 3.6.1 Sedimentation; 3.6.2 Migration; 3.6.3 Segregation; 3.6.4 Consequences in Rheometry; 3.7 Cracking; 3.8 Temperature Effects; 3.9 Inertia Effects and Turbulence; 3.9.1 "Macroscopic" Inertia Effects; 3.9.2 Turbulence; References; 4 LOCAL RHEOMETRY; 4.1 Techniques for Measuring the Velocity Field in Fluids; 4.1.1 Principles of NMR; 4.1.2 Principles of MRI
4.1.3 Principles of MRI Velocimetry
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Coussot Philippe  
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2005
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Rheometry of pastes, suspensions, and granular materials [[electronic resource] ] : applications in industry and environment / / Philippe Coussot
Rheometry of pastes, suspensions, and granular materials [[electronic resource] ] : applications in industry and environment / / Philippe Coussot
Autore Coussot Philippe
Pubbl/distr/stampa Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2005
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (311 p.)
Disciplina 620.1/1
620.11
Soggetto topico Amorphous substances
Rheology
ISBN 1-280-27587-1
9786610275878
0-470-32324-8
0-471-72057-7
0-471-72056-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto RHEOMETRY OF PASTES, SUSPENSIONS, AND GRANULAR MATERIALS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; NOTATION; INTRODUCTION; 1 MATERIAL MECHANICS; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Continuum Mechanics; 1.2.1 Definition of a Material; 1.2.2 Continuum Assumption; 1.2.3 Main Variables; 1.2.4 Conservation Laws; 1.3 Constitutive Equation; 1.3.1 Physical Origin; 1.3.2 General Characteristics; 1.3.3 Effect of Change in Frame of Observation; 1.3.4 Solids and Fluids; 1.3.5 Simple Shear and Viscometric Flows; 1.4 Viscometric Flows; 1.4.1 Free Surface Flow over a Plane; 1.4.2 Flow between Parallel Disks
1.4.3 Flow between a Cone and a Plate1.4.4 Flow between Two Coaxial Cylinders; 1.4.5 Flow in a Cylindrical Conduit (Poiseuille Flow); References; 2 RHEOPHYSICS OF PASTES AND GRANULAR MATERIALS; 2.1 Interactions between Material Elements; 2.1.1 Hydrodynamic Interactions; 2.1.2 Colloidal Interactions; 2.1.3 Interactions between Bubbles or Droplets; 2.1.4 Interactions between Two Solid Particles; 2.1.5 Classification of Forces; 2.2 Rheology of Soft Jammed Systems (Pastes); 2.2.1 Solid Regime: Viscoelasticity; 2.2.2 Solid-Liquid Transition: Yielding; 2.2.3 Liquid Regime: Flow
2.2.4 Time Effects: Thixotropy2.2.5 Synthesis; 2.3 Rheology of Granular Materials; 2.3.1 Frictional Regime; 2.3.2 Collisional Regime; 2.3.3 Frictional-Collisional Regime Transition; 2.4 Rheology of Granular Pastes; 2.4.1 Frictional Regime; 2.4.2 Lubricational Regime; 2.4.3 Frictional-Lubricational Regime Transition; References; 3 EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES AND PROBLEMS IN PASTE VISCOMETRY; 3.1 Experimental Procedures; 3.1.1 Setup of the Material; 3.1.2 Viscoelasticity in the Solid Regime; 3.1.3 Yielding: Solid-Liquid Transition; 3.1.4 Flow Curve; 3.1.5 Thixotropy
3.1.6 Effect of Heterogeneity in Shear Rate3.2 Wall Slip; 3.2.1 Physical Origin; 3.2.2 General Mechanical Characteristics; 3.2.3 Couette Flow; 3.2.4 Parallel Disks; 3.2.5 Cone-Plate Flow; 3.2.6 Capillary Flows; 3.2.7 Wall Slip, Yielding, and Fracture; 3.2.8 How to Avoid Wall Slip; 3.3 Shear Localization; 3.3.1 Plateau in Flow Curve and Viscosity Bifurcation; 3.3.2 Modeling; 3.3.3 Shear Banding; 3.3.4 Implications for Paste Rheometry in the Continuum Regime; 3.3.5 Paste Rheometry in the Discrete Regime; 3.4 Surface Tension Effects; 3.4.1 Surface Tension in Simple Liquids
3.4.2 Surface Tension for Non-Newtonian Liquids3.5 Drying; 3.5.1 Evaporation; 3.5.2 Drying Regimes; 3.5.3 Drying Rates during Rheometrical Tests; 3.5.4 Effect of Drying on Rheometry; 3.5.5 Countermeasures; 3.6 Phase Separation; 3.6.1 Sedimentation; 3.6.2 Migration; 3.6.3 Segregation; 3.6.4 Consequences in Rheometry; 3.7 Cracking; 3.8 Temperature Effects; 3.9 Inertia Effects and Turbulence; 3.9.1 "Macroscopic" Inertia Effects; 3.9.2 Turbulence; References; 4 LOCAL RHEOMETRY; 4.1 Techniques for Measuring the Velocity Field in Fluids; 4.1.1 Principles of NMR; 4.1.2 Principles of MRI
4.1.3 Principles of MRI Velocimetry
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Coussot Philippe  
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2005
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Rheometry of pastes, suspensions, and granular materials : applications in industry and environment / / Philippe Coussot
Rheometry of pastes, suspensions, and granular materials : applications in industry and environment / / Philippe Coussot
Autore Coussot Philippe
Pubbl/distr/stampa Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2005
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (311 p.)
Disciplina 620.1/1
Soggetto topico Amorphous substances
Rheology
ISBN 1-280-27587-1
9786610275878
0-470-32324-8
0-471-72057-7
0-471-72056-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto RHEOMETRY OF PASTES, SUSPENSIONS, AND GRANULAR MATERIALS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; NOTATION; INTRODUCTION; 1 MATERIAL MECHANICS; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Continuum Mechanics; 1.2.1 Definition of a Material; 1.2.2 Continuum Assumption; 1.2.3 Main Variables; 1.2.4 Conservation Laws; 1.3 Constitutive Equation; 1.3.1 Physical Origin; 1.3.2 General Characteristics; 1.3.3 Effect of Change in Frame of Observation; 1.3.4 Solids and Fluids; 1.3.5 Simple Shear and Viscometric Flows; 1.4 Viscometric Flows; 1.4.1 Free Surface Flow over a Plane; 1.4.2 Flow between Parallel Disks
1.4.3 Flow between a Cone and a Plate1.4.4 Flow between Two Coaxial Cylinders; 1.4.5 Flow in a Cylindrical Conduit (Poiseuille Flow); References; 2 RHEOPHYSICS OF PASTES AND GRANULAR MATERIALS; 2.1 Interactions between Material Elements; 2.1.1 Hydrodynamic Interactions; 2.1.2 Colloidal Interactions; 2.1.3 Interactions between Bubbles or Droplets; 2.1.4 Interactions between Two Solid Particles; 2.1.5 Classification of Forces; 2.2 Rheology of Soft Jammed Systems (Pastes); 2.2.1 Solid Regime: Viscoelasticity; 2.2.2 Solid-Liquid Transition: Yielding; 2.2.3 Liquid Regime: Flow
2.2.4 Time Effects: Thixotropy2.2.5 Synthesis; 2.3 Rheology of Granular Materials; 2.3.1 Frictional Regime; 2.3.2 Collisional Regime; 2.3.3 Frictional-Collisional Regime Transition; 2.4 Rheology of Granular Pastes; 2.4.1 Frictional Regime; 2.4.2 Lubricational Regime; 2.4.3 Frictional-Lubricational Regime Transition; References; 3 EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES AND PROBLEMS IN PASTE VISCOMETRY; 3.1 Experimental Procedures; 3.1.1 Setup of the Material; 3.1.2 Viscoelasticity in the Solid Regime; 3.1.3 Yielding: Solid-Liquid Transition; 3.1.4 Flow Curve; 3.1.5 Thixotropy
3.1.6 Effect of Heterogeneity in Shear Rate3.2 Wall Slip; 3.2.1 Physical Origin; 3.2.2 General Mechanical Characteristics; 3.2.3 Couette Flow; 3.2.4 Parallel Disks; 3.2.5 Cone-Plate Flow; 3.2.6 Capillary Flows; 3.2.7 Wall Slip, Yielding, and Fracture; 3.2.8 How to Avoid Wall Slip; 3.3 Shear Localization; 3.3.1 Plateau in Flow Curve and Viscosity Bifurcation; 3.3.2 Modeling; 3.3.3 Shear Banding; 3.3.4 Implications for Paste Rheometry in the Continuum Regime; 3.3.5 Paste Rheometry in the Discrete Regime; 3.4 Surface Tension Effects; 3.4.1 Surface Tension in Simple Liquids
3.4.2 Surface Tension for Non-Newtonian Liquids3.5 Drying; 3.5.1 Evaporation; 3.5.2 Drying Regimes; 3.5.3 Drying Rates during Rheometrical Tests; 3.5.4 Effect of Drying on Rheometry; 3.5.5 Countermeasures; 3.6 Phase Separation; 3.6.1 Sedimentation; 3.6.2 Migration; 3.6.3 Segregation; 3.6.4 Consequences in Rheometry; 3.7 Cracking; 3.8 Temperature Effects; 3.9 Inertia Effects and Turbulence; 3.9.1 "Macroscopic" Inertia Effects; 3.9.2 Turbulence; References; 4 LOCAL RHEOMETRY; 4.1 Techniques for Measuring the Velocity Field in Fluids; 4.1.1 Principles of NMR; 4.1.2 Principles of MRI
4.1.3 Principles of MRI Velocimetry
Record Nr. UNINA-9910877180803321
Coussot Philippe  
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2005
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Rheophysics : Matter in all its States / / by Philippe Coussot
Rheophysics : Matter in all its States / / by Philippe Coussot
Autore Coussot Philippe
Edizione [1st ed. 2014.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (332 p.)
Disciplina 531.113402462014
Collana Soft and Biological Matter
Soggetto topico Amorphous substances
Complex fluids
Physical chemistry
Mechanics
Mechanics, Applied
Continuum physics
Polymers  
Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics
Physical Chemistry
Solid Mechanics
Classical and Continuum Physics
Polymer Sciences
ISBN 3-319-06148-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto From the Contents: Introduction -- Simple Materials -- Suspensions -- Polymers -- Colloids -- Emulsions - Foams -- Granulars -- Rheometry.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910300392303321
Coussot Philippe  
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014
Materiale a stampa
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Rhéophysique [[electronic resource] ] : la matière dans tous ses états / / Philippe Coussot
Rhéophysique [[electronic resource] ] : la matière dans tous ses états / / Philippe Coussot
Autore Coussot Philippe
Pubbl/distr/stampa Les Ulis, : EDP Sciences, 2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (351 p.)
Collana Savoirs Actuels
Savoirs actuels.
Soggetto topico Rheology
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 2-7598-0860-2
2-7598-0759-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione fre
Nota di contenuto ""Chapitre 3. Suspensions""""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Preparation dâune suspension""; ""3.3 Effet de la presence de particules sur le comportement du mlange""; ""3.4 Effet de la concentration""; ""3.5 Effet de lanisotropie des particules""; ""3.6 Effet de lâhrognit de la concentration en particules""; ""3.7 Rh paississement""; ""3.8 Suspensions dans un fluide ; seuil""; ""Chapitre 4. Polymres""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Structure des polymres""; ""4.3 Mise en solution dâun polymre""; ""4.4 Plusieurs chanes en solution""
""4.5 Polymres rticuls et gels de polymres""""4.6 Comportement mcanique des polymres liquides""; ""4.7 Impact de la temprature""; ""Chapitre 5. ColloÃd̄es""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Mouvement brownien""; ""5.3 Forces de van der Waals""; ""5.4 Forces lectrostatiques""; ""5.5 Effets de polymres adsorbs""; ""5.6 Interactions de dpltion""; ""5.7 Bilan des interactions""; ""5.8 Comportement des systmes repulsifs""; ""5.9 Systmes attractifs""; ""5.10 Transition p;teux-hydrodynamique""; ""Chapitre 6. Ãmulsions mousses""; ""6.1 Introduction""
""8.5 Techniques de mesure pratiques""""Annexe A. Mcanique des fluides : principes de base et origines physiques""; ""A.1 Introduction""; ""A.2 Les variables de lcoulement""; ""A.3 Continuit du milieu""; ""A.4 Les forces en jeu""; ""A.5 Conservation de la masse""; ""A.6 Conservation de la quantity de mouvement""; ""A.7 Les fluctuations temporelles""; ""A.8 La turbulence""; ""A.9 Resolution dun probleme decoulement""; ""A.10 Lois de comportement""; ""Annexe B. ments de thermodynamique""; ""B.1 Premier principe""; ""B.2 Entropie""; ""B.3 Second principe""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910463376603321
Coussot Philippe  
Les Ulis, : EDP Sciences, 2012
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Rhéophysique [[electronic resource] ] : la matière dans tous ses états / / Philippe Coussot
Rhéophysique [[electronic resource] ] : la matière dans tous ses états / / Philippe Coussot
Autore Coussot Philippe
Pubbl/distr/stampa Les Ulis, : EDP Sciences, 2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (351 p.)
Collana Savoirs Actuels
Savoirs actuels.
Soggetto topico Rheology
ISBN 2-7598-0860-2
2-7598-0759-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione fre
Nota di contenuto ""Chapitre 3. Suspensions""""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Preparation dâune suspension""; ""3.3 Effet de la presence de particules sur le comportement du mlange""; ""3.4 Effet de la concentration""; ""3.5 Effet de lanisotropie des particules""; ""3.6 Effet de lâhrognit de la concentration en particules""; ""3.7 Rh paississement""; ""3.8 Suspensions dans un fluide ; seuil""; ""Chapitre 4. Polymres""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Structure des polymres""; ""4.3 Mise en solution dâun polymre""; ""4.4 Plusieurs chanes en solution""
""4.5 Polymres rticuls et gels de polymres""""4.6 Comportement mcanique des polymres liquides""; ""4.7 Impact de la temprature""; ""Chapitre 5. ColloÃd̄es""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Mouvement brownien""; ""5.3 Forces de van der Waals""; ""5.4 Forces lectrostatiques""; ""5.5 Effets de polymres adsorbs""; ""5.6 Interactions de dpltion""; ""5.7 Bilan des interactions""; ""5.8 Comportement des systmes repulsifs""; ""5.9 Systmes attractifs""; ""5.10 Transition p;teux-hydrodynamique""; ""Chapitre 6. Ãmulsions mousses""; ""6.1 Introduction""
""8.5 Techniques de mesure pratiques""""Annexe A. Mcanique des fluides : principes de base et origines physiques""; ""A.1 Introduction""; ""A.2 Les variables de lcoulement""; ""A.3 Continuit du milieu""; ""A.4 Les forces en jeu""; ""A.5 Conservation de la masse""; ""A.6 Conservation de la quantity de mouvement""; ""A.7 Les fluctuations temporelles""; ""A.8 La turbulence""; ""A.9 Resolution dun probleme decoulement""; ""A.10 Lois de comportement""; ""Annexe B. ments de thermodynamique""; ""B.1 Premier principe""; ""B.2 Entropie""; ""B.3 Second principe""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910788438403321
Coussot Philippe  
Les Ulis, : EDP Sciences, 2012
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Rhéophysique : la matière dans tous ses états / / Philippe Coussot
Rhéophysique : la matière dans tous ses états / / Philippe Coussot
Autore Coussot Philippe
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Les Ulis, : EDP Sciences, 2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (351 p.)
Collana Savoirs Actuels
Savoirs actuels.
Soggetto topico Rheology
ISBN 2-7598-3011-X
2-7598-0860-2
2-7598-0759-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione fre
Nota di contenuto ""Chapitre 3. Suspensions""""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Preparation dâune suspension""; ""3.3 Effet de la presence de particules sur le comportement du mlange""; ""3.4 Effet de la concentration""; ""3.5 Effet de lanisotropie des particules""; ""3.6 Effet de lâhrognit de la concentration en particules""; ""3.7 Rh paississement""; ""3.8 Suspensions dans un fluide ; seuil""; ""Chapitre 4. Polymres""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Structure des polymres""; ""4.3 Mise en solution dâun polymre""; ""4.4 Plusieurs chanes en solution""
""4.5 Polymres rticuls et gels de polymres""""4.6 Comportement mcanique des polymres liquides""; ""4.7 Impact de la temprature""; ""Chapitre 5. ColloÃd̄es""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Mouvement brownien""; ""5.3 Forces de van der Waals""; ""5.4 Forces lectrostatiques""; ""5.5 Effets de polymres adsorbs""; ""5.6 Interactions de dpltion""; ""5.7 Bilan des interactions""; ""5.8 Comportement des systmes repulsifs""; ""5.9 Systmes attractifs""; ""5.10 Transition p;teux-hydrodynamique""; ""Chapitre 6. Ãmulsions mousses""; ""6.1 Introduction""
""8.5 Techniques de mesure pratiques""""Annexe A. Mcanique des fluides : principes de base et origines physiques""; ""A.1 Introduction""; ""A.2 Les variables de lcoulement""; ""A.3 Continuit du milieu""; ""A.4 Les forces en jeu""; ""A.5 Conservation de la masse""; ""A.6 Conservation de la quantity de mouvement""; ""A.7 Les fluctuations temporelles""; ""A.8 La turbulence""; ""A.9 Resolution dun probleme decoulement""; ""A.10 Lois de comportement""; ""Annexe B. ments de thermodynamique""; ""B.1 Premier principe""; ""B.2 Entropie""; ""B.3 Second principe""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910819291903321
Coussot Philippe  
Les Ulis, : EDP Sciences, 2012
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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