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1 Materials Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical, Energy and Materials Engineering, Public University of Navarre, Pamplona, Spain

2 Institute for Advanced Materials (INAMAT), Public University of Navarre, Pamplona, Spain

3 IK4-TEKNIKER, Ignacio Goenaga, EIBAR, Gipuzkoa, Spain
