Wear of the artificial hip joint material under lubrication

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-89

  Waters, E P J ^a   Spedding, P L ^a   Doherty, A P ^a   Spedding, R L ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hip replacement; Liquid crystals; Liquid lubricants; Wear

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CRYSTALS; DEBRIS; ETHANOL; HIP PROSTHESES; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LUBRICATION; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERS; SODIUM; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL RESEARCH; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SURFACES;

ADHESIVE WEARS; ARTIFICIAL HIP JOINTS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPES; BACTERIAL ACTIVITIES; FACE SURFACES; FEMORAL HEADS; HIGH NITROGENS; HIP REPLACEMENT; HYALURONIC ACIDS; LIQUID LUBRICANTS; MIXED LUBRICATIONS; PLASTIC CREEPS; POLYMER SURFACES; PROTECTIVE LAYERS; REPLACEMENT MATERIALS; SALINE SOLUTIONS; SODIUM AZIDES; SUB SURFACES; SUB-MICRON POLYMERS; ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; WEAR; WEAR PROPERTIES;

LUBRICANTS;

EID: 60949085541     PISSN: 19322135     EISSN: 19322143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/apj.220     Document Type: Article

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