Development of medical guide wire of Cu-
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Sutou, Yuji ;Omori, Toshihiro ;Furukawa, Akihisa ;Takahashi, Yukinori ;Kainuma,
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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A new type of medical guide wire with functionally graded hardness from the tip to the end was developed with the use of Cu-Al-Mn-based alloys. The superelasticity (SE) of the Cu-Al-Mn-based alloys in the tip is drastically improved by controlling the grain size, whereas the end of the wire is harde