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Assessment of fracture toughness of cemented carbides by coupling introduction of artificial flaws via laser ablation with quantitative fractography

S. Fooladi Mahani, C. Liu, J. Dong, X. Wen, G. Ramírez, B.L. Liu, L. Llanes

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