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| - If the specific composition of the metal itself might react with the body chemicals or adjoining tissue adversely, it can be suitably coated with an inactive substance, such as a polymeric material, notably light-weight polymers of alpha olefins, polyvinyl chloride, chlorinated polyethylene, polyvinyl alcohols, polyurethanes, polyamides, polyimides, and other thermoplastic and thermosetting resins
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