Laser-deposited Ti-Nb-Zr-Ta orthopedic alloys

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 298-305

  Banerjee, R ^a   Nag, S ^b   Samuel, S ^a   Fraser, H L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser deposition; Mechanical properties; Microstructure; Orthopedic implants; Titanium

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; DUCTILITY; LASER APPLICATIONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TITANIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LASER ENGINEERED NET-SHAPING (LENS™) PROCESS; LASER-DEPOSITION; ORIENTATION MICROSCOPY (OM),; ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS;

ORTHOPEDICS;

ALLOY; NIOBIUM; TANTALUM; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; IMPLANT; LASER; MICROSCOPY; ORIENTATION MICROSCOPY; PRECIPITATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALLOYS; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NIOBIUM; TANTALUM; TENSILE STRENGTH; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 33745950843     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.30694     Document Type: Article

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