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13.5%, which are the expected strengths for the AISI 4340 Writing – original draft: Audelia Gumarus Dharmawan
steel material. [21] and Gim Song Soh
5. Conclusion Writing – review and editing: Audelia Gumarus Dharmawan
and Gim Song Soh
This paper describes and explores an approach to perform
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