Surface Conditions of Nitinol Wires, Tubing, and As-Cast Alloys. The Effect of Chemical Etching, Aging in Boiling Water, and Heat Treatment

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 193-203

  Shabalovskaya, S A ^a   Anderegg, J ^a   Laab, F ^a   Thiel, P A ^a   Rondelli, G ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

600 grit polished Nitinol and wire tubing surface conditions; Aging in boiling water and heat treatment; Amorphous oxide; Chemical etching; Surface treatment

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; BACKSCATTERING; BOILING LIQUIDS; ETCHING; HEAT TREATMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM ALLOYS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SURFACE ENRICHMENT;

BIOMATERIALS;

NICKEL; NITINOL; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CORROSION; HEAT TREATMENT; METAL IMPLANTATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0346244109     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.10001     Document Type: Article

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