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The art of glass-ceramics was first established with the publication of US Pat. No. 2,920,971. Classically, a glass-ceramic is made through controlled heat treatment of a precursor glass.
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El-Meliegy, E., van Noort, R. (2012). Design of Medical Glass-Ceramics. In: Glasses and Glass Ceramics for Medical Applications. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1228-1_7
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