Degradation of 316L stainless steel sternal wire by steam sterilization

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2322-2328

  Shih, Chun Che ^a,b   Su, Yea Yang ^c   Chen, Lung Ching ^a,b   Shih, Chun Ming ^a,d   Lin, Shing Jong ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Amorphous Oxide Technology   (United States)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Oxide film; Stainless steel sternal wire; Steam sterilization

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; CORROSIVE EFFECTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; HEAVY METALS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEAM; STEEL CORROSION;

316 L STAINLESS STEEL; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; FILMS PROPERTIES; HUMAN BODIES; MEDICAL DEVICES; OPEN CIRCUIT POTENTIAL; STAINLESS STEEL STERNAL WIRE; STEAM STERILIZATION; STERILIZATION CYCLE; STERNAL WIRES;

OXIDE FILMS;

HEAVY METAL; OXIDE; STAINLESS STEEL;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; KIRSCHNER WIRE; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; STERNUM; WATER VAPOR;

BONE WIRES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STAINLESS STEEL; STEAM; STERILIZATION; STERNUM;

EID: 77956639947     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2009.12.026     Document Type: Article

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