Low-temperature degradation of zirconia and implications for biomedical implants

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 37, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-32

  Chevalier, Jérôme ^a   Gremillard, Laurent ^a   Deville, Sylvain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dental; Orthopedics; Transformation; Y TZP

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DEGRADATION; DENTAL PROSTHESES; LOW TEMPERATURE ENGINEERING;

LOW-TEMPERATURE DEGRADATION; ZIRCONIA-BASED BIOMEDICAL CERAMIC DEVICES;

ZIRCONIA;

EID: 34547381199     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.matsci.37.052506.084250     Document Type: Review

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