Fracture toughness, strength and slow crack growth in a ceria stabilized zirconia-alumina nanocomposite for medical applications

Biomaterials

Volumn 29, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 3636-3641

  Benzaid, Rajaa ^a,b   Chevalier, Jerome ^a   Saâdaoui, Malika ^b   Fantozzi, Gilbert ^a   Nawa, Masahiro ^c   Diaz, Luis Antonio ^d   Torrecillas, Ramon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b LERSIM   (Morocco)

^c PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d CINN CSIC UNIOVI PA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alumina; Crack; Fatigue; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposite; Zirconia

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIOCERAMICS; CERIUM OXIDE; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; TORSIONAL STRESS; ZIRCONIA;

ACCELERATING EFFECT; CRACK-VELOCITY-CURVE; INDUCED STRESS; SLOW CRACK GROWTH; STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; STRESS CORROSION; TETRAGONAL TO MONOCLINIC PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIOCERAMICS; NANOCOMPOSITE; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERAMICS; COMPOSITE GRAFT; COMPRESSION; FATIGUE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 46749123800     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2008.05.021     Document Type: Article

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