Characterization, quantification, and isolation of aluminum oxide particles on grit blasted titanium aluminum alloy hip implants

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-131

  Grübl, Alexander ^a   Kolb, Alexander ^a   Reinisch, Georg ^b   Fafilek, Günter ^b   Skrbensky, Gobert ^a   Kotz, Rainer ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aluminum oxide (alumina); Electron microscopy; Hip prosthesis; Implant interface; Titanium (alloys)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); INCLUSIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM ALLOYS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

IMPLANT INTERFACES; QUANTIFICATION; X-RAY MICROANALYSIS;

HIP PROSTHESES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; FILTER; GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES; GRIT BLASTING; HIP PROSTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

ALLOYS; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 34648830377     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30775     Document Type: Article

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