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The behaviour of water- and gas-atomised tool steel powders in coaxial laser freeform fabrication

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The behaviour of water- and gas-atomised tool steel powders in coaxial laser freeform fabrication. / Pinkerton, A. J.; Li, L. .
In: Thin Solid Films, Vol. 453-454, No. 2, 01.04.2004, p. 600-605.

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Pinkerton AJ, Li L. The behaviour of water- and gas-atomised tool steel powders in coaxial laser freeform fabrication. Thin Solid Films. 2004 Apr 1;453-454(2):600-605. doi: 10.1016/j.tsf.2003.11.171

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Pinkerton, A. J. ; Li, L. . / The behaviour of water- and gas-atomised tool steel powders in coaxial laser freeform fabrication. In: Thin Solid Films. 2004 ; Vol. 453-454, No. 2. pp. 600-605.

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