Fracture toughness analysis of advanced ceramic composite for hip prosthesis

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1817-1822

  Pezzotti, Giuseppe ^a,b   Yamada, Kiyotaka ^a   Porporati, Alessandro Alan ^c   Kuntz, Meinhard ^d   Yamamoto, Kengo ^e  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Piezotech Japan Ltd   (Japan)

^d CERAMTEC AG   (Germany)

^e TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGING TEST; ADVANCED CERAMICS; CERAMIC HIP; ENVIRONMENTAL SURFACES; EXPOSURE-TIME; FLUORESCENCE MICROPROBE; FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS TESTS; ISO STANDARDS; MATRIX COMPOSITE; MIXED OXIDE; MOIST ENVIRONMENT; MONOCLINIC PHASE; SURFACE FRACTURE; ZIRCONIA TOUGHENED ALUMINA;

ALUMINA; BOILERS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HIP PROSTHESES; PRESSURE VESSELS; PROSTHETICS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; ZIRCONIA;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 68849089691     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2009.03114.x     Document Type: Article

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