Rare earth stearates for wear determination of UHMWPE bearings

Wear

Volumn 267, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 679-682

  Ngai, V ^a   Wimmer, M A ^a   Kunze, J ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotribology; Polyethylene; Total joint replacement; Wear; Wear tracers

Indexed keywords

BEARING SURFACES; BIOTRIBOLOGY; COMPONENT MANUFACTURING; CONCENTRATION OF; CONTROL PINS; GRAVIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; LIFE SPAN; PIN ON DISC; POLYETHYLENE WEAR; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; QUANTIFICATION METHODS; RARE EARTH STEARATES; TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT; UHMW-PE; WEAR; WEAR PERFORMANCE; WEAR PREVENTION; WEAR RATES; WEAR TRACERS;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); EUROPIUM; GADOLINIUM; JOINT PROSTHESES; LOSS PREVENTION; THERMOPLASTICS; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 65749084927     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2008.12.048     Document Type: Article

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