Preliminary study of biodegradation of AZ31B magnesium alloy

Frontiers of Materials Science in China

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 401-404

  Ren, Yibin ^a   Huang, Jingjing ^a   Zhang, Bingchun ^a   Yang, Ke ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

AZ31B; Biocompatibility; Biodegradation; Biomaterial; Magnesium

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448946170     PISSN: 16737377     EISSN: 16737482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11706-007-0073-2     Document Type: Article

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