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International Round Robin
Donald Hunston, Walter McDonough,
Gale Holmes and Richard Parnas
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Polymers Division
100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8543
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8543
Lawrence Drzal, and Michael Rich
Michigan State University
Composite Materials and Structures Center
2100 Engineering Bldg.
East Lansing, MI 48824-1326
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