Metallurgical investigation of a failure in 316L stainless steel orthopaedic implant

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 249-256

  Sudhakar, K V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ductile fracture; Inclusions; Matallurgical failure analysis; Medical implants failures; Stainless steel

Indexed keywords

DUCTILE FRACTURE; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); METALLURGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINLESS STEEL;

NAIL; SHINBONE;

ORTHOPEDICS;

MEDICAL APPLICATION; METALLURGY; STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 12444293868     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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