A review on magnesium alloys as biodegradable materials

Frontiers of Materials Science in China

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-115

  Gu, Xue Nan ^a   Zheng, Yu Feng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Corrosion; Degradation; Magnesium alloys

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953082938     PISSN: 16737377     EISSN: 16737482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11706-010-0024-1     Document Type: Review

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