Porous gelcast ceramics for bone repair implants

Proceedings of the 2005 SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 251-257

  Gyger Jr , L S ^a   Kulkarni, P ^a   Bruck, H A ^a   Gupta, S K ^a   Wilson, O C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b 131 Pangborn Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE REPAIR IMPLANTS; GELCAST CERAMICS; GEOMETRIC COMPLEXITY;

BONE; DUCTILITY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MICROSTRUCTURE; POROUS MATERIALS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 32144448013     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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