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Implementation of the orthodoxy test as a validity check on experimental field emission data

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2020-0005 | Journal eISSN: 1339-309X | Journal ISSN: 1335-3632
Language: English
Page range: 37 - 42
Submitted on: Nov 18, 2019
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