Chemical and electrochemical aspects of the biocompatibility of titanium and its alloys

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1272, Issue , 1996, Pages 163-177

  Kovacs, Paul ^a   Davidson, James A ^a  

^a Smith and Nephew Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Corrosion resistance; Electrochemical behavior; Solubility of corrosion product; Ti 13Nb 13Zr alloy; Titanium alloy

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING ELEMENTS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CORROSION RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; FRETTING CORROSION; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECT; CORROSION PRODUCTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTRON EXCHANGE; SURFACE OXIDATION;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0030143348     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp16077s     Document Type: Article

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