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Kwon, Y.J., Saito, N. & Shigematsu, I. Friction stir process as a new manufacturing technique of ultrafine grained aluminum alloy. Journal of Materials Science Letters 21, 1473–1476 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020067609451
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