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Dominique Gagnon1 , Agnes M. Samuel1 , Fawzy H. Samuel1 \*, Mohamed H. Abdelaziz2 \* and Herbert W. Doty3

1 Département des Sciences Appliquées, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Canada

2 Département PEC, Universite' Française d'E' gypte, Ville Shorouk, Le Caire, Egypt

3 General Motors Materials Engineering, 823 Joslyn Ave, Pontiac, MI 48340, USA

\*Address all correspondence to: fhsamuel@uqac.ca and mohamed.abdelaziz@ufe.edu.eg

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