Wear of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene against damaged and undamaged stainless steel and diamond-like carbon-coated counterfaces

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 597-601

  Firkins, P ^a   Hailey, J L ^a   Fisher, J ^a   Lettington, A H ^b   Butter, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; JOINT PROSTHESES; MATERIALS TESTING; ORTHOPEDICS; STAINLESS STEEL; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ARTIFICIAL JOINT; DIAMOND LIKE CARBON COATED COUNTERFACES; KNEE PROSTHESES; METALLIC FEMORAL HEAD; WEAR DEBRIS INDUCED OSTEOLYSIS;

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

CARBON; DIAMOND; POLYETHYLENE; STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESTRUCTION; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FEMUR HEAD PROSTHESIS; LABORATORY TEST; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0032190892     PISSN: 09574530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008917727604     Document Type: Article

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