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Specialty alloys designed for biomedical applications.

Advanced Materials & Processes,  September, 2001  

Tags: alloy, biomedical, joint

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Specialty alloys that have been designed to meet the latest requirements of the medical and dental industries for hand-held instruments, implanted fixation devices, replacement, and orthodontic material are available from Carpenter Technology Corp., Reading, Pa.. Instrument manufacturers are looking for alloys with more corrosion resistance during autoclaving.

They also would like alloys that enable extended instrument life, especially longer edge retention for shaping and cutting instruments, and improved magnetic properties for MRI environments. Improvements in mechanical ...

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