Corrosion and Microstructural Aspects of Titanium and its Alloys as Orthopaedic Devices

Corrosion Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 125-160

  Manivasagam, Geetha ^a   Kamachi Mudali, U ^b   Rajb, Baldev ^b   Asokamani, R ^c  

^a SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^c Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CORROSION RESISTANCE; METALLURGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; ORTHOPEDICS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

MICROSTRUCTURAL ASPECTS;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0037528939     PISSN: 03346005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CORRREV.2003.21.2-3.125     Document Type: Article

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