Low-temperature ageing of zirconia-toughened alumina ceramics and its implication in biomedical implants

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2975-2982

  Deville, Sylvain ^a   Chevalier, Jérôme ^a   Fantozzi, Gilbert ^a   Bartolomé, José F ^b   Requena, Joaquín ^b   Moya, José S ^b   Torrecillas, Ramón ^c   Díaz, Luis Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ageing; Al2O3; Biomedical applications; Nanocomposites; ZrO2

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CRACK PROPAGATION; HUMIDITY CONTROL; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ZIRCONIA;

AGEING RESISTANCE;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

CERAMICS;

EID: 0141460499     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2219(03)00313-3     Document Type: Article

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