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JournalofTheInstitutionofEngineers(India):
SeriesA
Civil,Architectural,EnvironmentalandAgriculturalEngineering
EditorinChief:SrimanK.Bhattacharyya
ISSN:22502149(printversion)
ISSN:22502157(electronicversion)
Journalno.40030

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H.Ibach,H.Lth,SolidStatePhysics,2ndedn.(Springer,Dordrecht,1996),pp.
4556

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D.M.Abrams,inConductivePolymers,ed.ByR.S.Seymour,A.Smith(Springer,
NewYork,1973),p.307

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J.Cartwright,Bigstarshaveweathertoo.(IOPPublishingPhysicsWeb,2007),
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