Possible triggers for phase transformation in zirconia hip balls

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 444-452

  Brown, Sharon S ^a   Green, Douglas D ^a   Pezzotti, Giuseppe ^b   Donaldson, Thomas K ^a   Clarke, Ian C ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Monoclinic; Retrieval; Total hip arthroplasty; Transformation; Zirconia femoral ball

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; METASTABLE PHASES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; WEAR OF MATERIALS; YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA;

HYDROTHERMAL STABILITY; MONOCLINIC PHASE; SURFACE DESTRUCTION; TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY; ZIRCONIA FEMORAL BALLS;

HIP PROSTHESES;

BIOCERAMICS; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CERAMICS; HIP; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERFEROMETRY; LUBRICATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CERAMICS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYETHYLENE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 42649115453     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30964     Document Type: Article

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