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Zirconium and Other Newcomers

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Part of the book series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering ((BIOMEDICAL))

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At the end of the former chapter, we were wondering why implants and the materials they were made of do behave as they do: not so bad after all.

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  1. Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, De Croylaan 2, 3001, Leuven, Belgium

    Professor Dr. Jozef A. Helsen

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, 265 00, Patras, Greece

    Professor Dr. Yannis Missirlis

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Helsen, J.A., Missirlis, Y. (2010). Zirconium and Other Newcomers. In: Biomaterials. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12532-4_5

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