Sliding wear studies of selected nitride coatings and their potential for long-term use in orthopaedic applications

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 303-315

  Ward, L P ^a   Subramanian, C ^b   Strafford, K N ^a   Wilks, T P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Pvd coatings; Stainless steel; Surface engineering; Titanium nitride; Tribology; UHMWPE; Wear

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NITRIDE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY; STANDARD;

ALLOYS; BIOMECHANICS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYETHYLENES; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

COBALT ALLOYS; HIP PROSTHESES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); ORTHOPEDICS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TITANIUM NITRIDE; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; VAPOR DEPOSITION; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ACETABULAR CUP; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (PVD); STAINLESS STEEL 316L;

BIOMATERIALS;

EID: 0031616212     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411981534088     Document Type: Article

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