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Surface characteristics and ion leaching of 17-4 precipitation hardening stainless steel orthodontic brackets exposed to salt water and fluoride-based oral rinses

Materials Science-Poland
Volume 43 (2025): Issue 2 (June 2025)
By: Durgesh Bangalore,  Raghad Alhassoun,  Samer M. Alaqeel,  Omar Alsadon,  Obaid A. Alshahrani,  Majed M. Alsarani,  Maymoonah Alsharif and  Jukka Pekka Matinlinna  
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|Jun 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msp-2025-0023 | Journal eISSN: 2083-134X | Journal ISSN: 2083-1331
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Language: English
Page range: 113 - 126
Submitted on: Feb 8, 2025
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Accepted on: Jul 20, 2025
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Published on: Jun 30, 2025
Published by: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
corrosion,
ion leaching,
oral rinses,
orthodontic brackets,
stainless steel
Related subjects:
Materials sciences,
Materials sciences, other,
Nanomaterials,
Functional and smart materials,
Materials characterization and properties

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