Wear of titanium 6-4 alloy in laboratory tests and in retrieved human joint replacements

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1272, Issue , 1996, Pages 266-292

  McKellop, Harry A ^a   Rostlund, Tord ^b   Ebramzadeh, Edward ^a,b   Sarmiento, Augusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hip prosthesis; Joint simulator; Nitriding; Titanium 6 4 alloy; UHMW polyethylene; Wear

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FRETTING CORROSION; HARDENING; HIP PROSTHESES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); ION IMPLANTATION; JOINT PROSTHESES; MATERIALS TESTING; NITRIDING; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ACRYLIC SURGICAL TREATMENT; JOINT SIMULATOR; LABORATORY TESTS; POROUS COATED SURFACES; RETRIEVED HUMAN JOINT REPLACEMENTS; STEAM CEMENT INTERFACE;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0030149035     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp16085s     Document Type: Article

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