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Affordable bulk production of a newly developed
nanostructured bainitic steel is possible without using
severe deformation or complex heat treatments.
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Significant advancements in metallurgy were highlighted
at a special symposium presented at the Materials
Science & Technology 2016 conference recently held in
Salt Lake City.
By limiting recombination, passivated emitter and rear
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