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Translated from Poroshkovaya Metallurgiya, No. 8(188), pp. 66–71, August, 1978.
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Spirina, S.I., Spirina, N.I. Determination of the weakest link in the structure of WC-Co alloys by calculation. Powder Metall Met Ceram 17, 622–626 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00797339
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00797339