Discerning alumina ball wear from confounding metal transfer artifact

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 400-404

  Brown, S S ^a   Kawanabe, K ^b   Manaka, M ^c   Williams, P ^a   Good, V ^a   Clarke, I C ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alumina balls; Hip joint; Metal transfer; Trunnions; Wear

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CERAMIC MATERIALS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); METAL ANALYSIS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ALUMINA BALLS; HIP JOINT; METAL TRANSFER; TRUNNIONS; WEAR;

ALUMINA;

ALLOY; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; MOLYBDENUM; STAINLESS STEEL; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; CLEANING; DEVICE; GRAVIMETRY; LUBRICATION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 27744434831     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30327     Document Type: Article

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