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  2. List of blade materials - Wikipedia

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    Many knife manufacturers use versions of Asus6-10, Asus440a, and Asus440c, which also are all Aicihi steel. Many were modified to name others, sometimes such as molybdenum vanadium steel. AL-158; BRD4416 stainless steel; X55CrMoV14 or 1.4110 Swiss Army knife Inox blade steel used by Victorinox. 80CrV2 is commonly known as Swedish Saw Steel.

  3. Scalpel - Wikipedia

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    Lancet, utility knife, laser scalpel. A scalpel, lancet, or bistoury is a small and extremely sharp bladed instrument used for surgery, anatomical dissection, podiatry and various handicrafts. A lancet is a double-edged scalpel. Scalpel blades are usually made of hardened and tempered steel, stainless steel, or high carbon steel; in addition ...

  4. Tutankhamun's meteoric iron dagger - Wikipedia

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    Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Tutankhamun's meteoric iron dagger, also known as Tutankhamun's iron dagger and King Tut's dagger, is an iron -bladed dagger from the tomb of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun (reigned c. 1334–1325 BC). As the blade composition and homogeneity closely correlate with meteorite composition and homogeneity ...

  5. iknife - Wikipedia

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    iknife. An onkoknife, iKnife, or intelligent scalpel is a surgical knife that tests tissue as it contacts it during an operation and immediately gives information as to whether that tissue contains cancer cells. [1] During a surgery this information is given continuously to the surgeon, significantly accelerating biological tissue analysis and ...

  6. Differential heat treatment - Wikipedia

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    Differential hardening is a method used in heat treating swords and knives to increase the hardness of the edge without making the whole blade brittle. To achieve this, the edge is cooled faster than the spine by adding a heat insulator to the spine before quenching. Clay or another material is used for insulation.

  7. Radiosurgery - Wikipedia

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    007577. eMedicine. 1423298. [edit on Wikidata] Radiosurgery is surgery using radiation, [1] that is, the destruction of precisely selected areas of tissue using ionizing radiation rather than excision with a blade. Like other forms of radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy), it is usually used to treat cancer.

  8. Surgical stainless steel - Wikipedia

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    Surgical stainless steel is a grade of stainless steel used in biomedical applications. The most common "surgical steels" are austenitic SAE 316 stainless and martensitic SAE 440, SAE 420, and 17-4 stainless steels. [1] There is no formal definition on what constitutes a "surgical stainless steel", so product manufacturers and distributors ...

  9. Occupational cancer - Wikipedia

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    Industrial processes associated with cancer include aluminum production; iron and steel founding; and underground mining with exposure to uranium or radon. Shift work, which can disturb the circadian rhythm, has also been identified as a risk factor for some forms of cancer, in particular for breast cancer. [3] [4] [5]