Titanium, niobium, zirconium, and tantalum for medical and surgical applications.(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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0803134975

Titanium, niobium, zirconium, and tantalum for medical and surgical applications.

Ed. by Lyle D. Zardiackas et al.

ASTM International

2006

265 pages

$65.00

Hardcover

STP; 1471

R857

Zardiackas (biomedical materials science, U. of Mississippi Medical Center) et al. assemble 19 papers given at the ASTM F04 symposium in November of 2004 held in Washington DC, w...

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