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Institute of Metal Physics, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Production Association "Bol'shevik," Kiev. Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 6, pp. 32–37, June, 1992.
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Nazarenko, V.R., Yankovskii, V.F., Dolginskaya, M.A. et al. Damscus steel: Myths and reality. Met Sci Heat Treat 34, 402–410 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00769751
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