Surface topology of advanced alumina/zirconia composite femoral head as compared with commercial femoral heads made of monolithic zirconia

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 945-950

  Pezzotti, Giuseppe ^a   Saito, Takuma ^a   Takahashi, Yasuhito ^a   Fukatsu, Kyoju ^a   Sugano, Nobuhiko ^b  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFM; AFM OBSERVATION; ALUMINA/ZIRCONIA COMPOSITES; BEFORE AND AFTER; CONFOCAL RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY; FEMORAL HEADS; GRAIN SIZE; IN-VITRO; MOIST ENVIRONMENT; MONOCLINIC PHASE; STATISTIC PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL RELIABILITY; SURFACE HEIGHT; SURFACE TOPOLOGY; WIDE AREA; ZIRCONIA GRAINS; ZIRCONIA TOUGHENED ALUMINA;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACES; YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA;

ZIRCONIA;

EID: 79952576669     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04181.x     Document Type: Article

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