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Effect of the environment on wear ranking and corrosion of biomedical CoCrMo alloys

Igual Munoz, A.
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Mischler, S.
2011
Journal Of Materials Science-Materials In Medicine

The corrosion behaviour and the wear ranking of biomedical high carbon (HC) and low carbon (LC) CoCrMo alloys sliding against an alumina ball in four different simulated body fluids [NaCl and phosphate buffered solutions (PBS) with and without albumin] has been analyzed by tribocorrosion and electrochemical techniques. The effects of alloy and of albumin on corrosion depend on the base electrolyte: differences between LC and HC alloy were only observed in NaCl solutions but not in PBS. Albumin increased significantly corrosion of both alloys in PBS solutions while its effect in NaCl was smaller. The wear ranking of the HC and LC alloys also depends on the environment. In the present study, HC CoCrMo alloy had lower wear resistance in NaCl and PBS + albumin than the LC alloy, while no differences between both alloys were found in the other solutions. This was attributed to surface chemical effects affecting third body behaviour.

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research article
DOI
10.1007/s10856-010-4224-0
Web of Science ID

WOS:000289302600002

Author(s)
Igual Munoz, A.
Mischler, S.
Date Issued

2011

Published in
Journal Of Materials Science-Materials In Medicine
Volume

22

Start page

437

End page

450

Subjects

Metal Hip Implants

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Cobalt-Based Alloys

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Cr-Mo Alloys

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High-Carbon

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Biological Environments

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Aqueous-Solutions

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Stainless-Steel

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Joint Bearings

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Sulfuric-Acid

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In-Vitro

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December 16, 2011
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