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Review: Recent progress in titanium alloys development via machine learning and high-throughput preparation

Feiyang Gao, Weiwen Zhang, Xiaotao Liu, Xuan Luo, Zhi Wang, Ning Li, Lehua Liu

Journal of Materials Science· Volume 60· Issue 37
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