Accelerating aging of zirconia femoral head implants: Change of surface structure and mechanical properties

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 486-492

  Chowdhury, S ^a   Vohra, Yogesh K ^a   Lemons, Jack E ^a   Ueno, Masaru ^b   Ikeda, Junji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Japan Medical Materials Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Low temperature degradation; Phase transformation; Zirconia femoral heads

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; HIP PROSTHESES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE STRUCTURE; ZIRCONIA;

LOW TEMPERATURE DEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGING; ZIRCONIA FEMORAL HEADS; ZIRCONIA PROSTHETIC COMPONENTS;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMUR HEAD; HARDNESS; LABORATORY TEST; LASER MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CERAMICS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 34247634993     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30688     Document Type: Article

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