Comparative ageing behaviour of commercial, unworn and worn 3Y-TZP and zirconia-toughened alumina hip joint heads

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1529-1540

  Douillard, T ^a   Chevalier, J ^a   Descamps Mandine, A ^b   Warner, I ^c   Galais, Y ^c   Whitaker, P ^c   Wu, J J ^d   Wang, Q Q ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES NANOTECHNOLOGIES DE LYON   (France)

^c Morgan Technical Ceramics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Al 2O 3; Biomedical applications; Composites; Lifetime; ZrO 2

Indexed keywords

AGEING BEHAVIOUR; AGEING RESISTANCE; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; COMPLEMENTARY TOOLS; COUPLING EFFECT; FEMORAL HEADS; HIP JOINT SIMULATORS; HIP JOINTS; HUMAN LIVES; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; LIFETIME; LIMITED DATA; ORTHOPAEDIC APPLICATIONS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; ZIRCONIA TOUGHENED ALUMINA; ZRO 2;

ALUMINA; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; HIP PROSTHESES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

ZIRCONIA;

EID: 84862790354     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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