Study on the possibility of silicon nitride - Silicon nitride as a material for hip prostheses

Materials Science and Engineering C

Volumn 5, Issue 2 C, 1997, Pages 125-129

  Zhou, Y S ^a   Ohashi, M ^a   Tomita, N ^a   Ikeuchi, K ^a   Takashima, K ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial hip joints; Ceramics; Friction; Silicon nitride

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; FRICTION; HIP PROSTHESES; POLISHING; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TRIBOLOGY; WATER;

FRICTION COEFFICIENT; RUNNING IN PROPERTY;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 0031379585     PISSN: 09284931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4931(97)00032-5     Document Type: Article

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