Electrochemical response of CoCrMo to high-speed fracture of its metal oxide using an electrochemical scratch test method

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 421-431

  Goldberg, Jay R ^a   Gilbert, Jeremy L ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

CoCrMo alloy; Corrosion; Oxide; Passivation; Scratch test

Indexed keywords

COBALT ALLOYS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; FRACTURE; HYDROLYSIS; OXIDES; PASSIVATION; PH EFFECTS; PROTEINS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL SCRATCH TEST;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FRACTURE; POLARIZATION; PREDICTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KINETICS; OXIDES; PLASMA; SERUM ALBUMIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VITALLIUM;

EID: 0031555492     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(19971205)37:3<421::AID-JBM13>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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