Mechanical strength and microstructure of laser-welded Ti-6Al-7Nb alloy castings

Dental Materials Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 541-549

  Srimaneepong, Viritpon ^a   Yoneyama, Takayuki ^a,b   Kobayashi, Equo ^a   Doi, Hisashi ^a   Hanawa, Takao ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser welding; Mechanical properties; Titanium alloy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644821830     PISSN: 02874547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4012/dmj.24.541     Document Type: Article

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