A micro-scale abrasion test to study the influence of counterface roughness on the wear resistance of UHMWPE

Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3383-3388

  Laurian, T ^a   Tudor, A ^a   Antoniac, I ^a   Miculescu, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Hip prosthesis; Micro scale abrasion; Surface roughness; Wear of UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; EROSION; HIP PROSTHESES; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; WEAR RESISTANCE;

FEMORAL COMPONENT; MICRO-SCALE ABRASION TEST; MICROSCALE ABRASION; THIRD BODY; UHMWPE WEARS; WEAR RATES;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 38549085408     PISSN: 14544164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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