One equivalent electrical circuit is applicable to model the interface between the passive surface layer on an orthopaedic alloy and a biosimulating aqueous solution

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-108

  Lewis, Gladius ^a   Vejerla, Raghuveer ^a   Mishra, Sanjay ^b  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodur 108; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Ti 13Nb 13Zr alloy; Ti 6Al 4V alloy

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

BIOSIMULATING AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BODE PLOTS; ORTHOPAEDIC ALLOYS;

ORTHOPEDICS;

ALLOY; ELECTROLYTE; NICKEL; NIOBIUM; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYPOTHESIS; ORTHOPEDIC PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ALLOYS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROLYTES; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORTHOPEDICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 33947504910     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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