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Steel
Medical Definition: | A tough, malleable, iron-based alloy containing up to, but no more than, two percent carbon and often other metals. It is used in medicine and dentistry in implants and instrumentation. | |
Guide Notes: | D25-26 qualif | |
CAS Type 1 Name: | CAS Number: | 12597-69-2 |
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Stainless Steel - Stainless steel. A steel containing Ni, Cr, or both. It does not tarnish on exposure and is used in corrosive environments. (Grant & Hack's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed) |
Steel Medical Definitions and Terms
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