Surface Treatment of Fluorozirconate Glass Fiber Preform Using Nonaqueous Solution

Huiyu Chen; Xin Wang; Tianfeng Xue; Tao Meng; Hong He; Meisong Liao; Lili Hu; Wei Chen

doi:10.3788/CJL202148.0703001

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