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Improvement of the fatigue life of titanium alloys for biomedical devices through microstructural control

Mitsuo Niinomi[email protected]
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Toshikazu Akahori Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan; Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
Pages 481-488 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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