Frictional wear characteristics of biomedical Ti-29Nb-13Ta-4.6Zr alloy with various microstructures in air and simulated body fluid

Biomedical Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Niinomi, Mitsuo ^a   Nakai, Masaaki ^a   Akahori, Toshikazu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIOBIUM; RINGER SOLUTION; TANTALUM; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

AIR; BODY FLUID; CONFERENCE PAPER; FRICTION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34548413246     PISSN: 17486041     EISSN: 1748605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-6041/2/3/S15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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