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Table 4 Properties of stent metals

From: Evolutionary perspective of drug eluting stents: from thick polymer to polymer free approach

Properties

Stainless steel 316L

CoCr (mp35)

CoCr (L605)

PtCr

Reference

Elastic Modulus (GPa)

190

233

243

203

[26]

Yield strength (MPa)

275

414

500

480

Tensile strength (MPa)

535

930

1000

834

Density (g/cm3)

7.9

8.4

9.1

9.9