Titanium is the leading material for artificial knee and hip joints, but a discovery by Rice University physicists shows that the gold standard for artificial joints can be improved with the addition of some actual gold.
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Originally published on CTE: 2016-07-29
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/news/titanium-gold-alloy-4x-harder-steel/
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