Effects of neck extension, coverage, and frequency on the fretting corrosion of modular THR bore and cone interface

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1301, Issue , 1997, Pages 189-198

  Brown, Stanley A ^a   Abera, Alula ^b,c   D'Onofrio, Mark ^d   Flemming, Curt ^d  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

CoCrMo alloy; Frequency; Fretting corrosion; Mixed metal; Modular total hips; Ti 6Al 4V

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642550623     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp12032s     Document Type: Article

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