Advances in zirconia toughened alumina biomaterials for total joint replacement

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 31, Issue , 2014, Pages 107-116

  Kurtz, Steven M ^a,b   Kocagöz, Sevi ^b   Arnholt, Christina ^b   Huet, Roland ^a   Ueno, Masaru ^c   Walter, William L ^d  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KYOCERA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d Specialist Orthopaedic Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alumina; Oxidized zirconium; Phase transformation; Properties; Structure; Total hip arthroplasty; Zirconia; Zirconia toughened alumina (ZTA)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; OXIDIZED ZIRCONIUM; PHASE TRANSFORMATION; PROPERTIES; STRUCTURE; TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY; ZIRCONIA; ZIRCONIA TOUGHENED ALUMINA (ZTA);

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CERAMICS; ELASTIC MODULUS; FORECASTING; HARDNESS; HIP PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 84894273975     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.03.022     Document Type: Article

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