Chemically driven tetragonal-to-monoclinic polymorphic transformation in retrieved ZTA femoral heads from dual mobility hip implants

M. Boffelli, A. Doimo, E. Marin, L. Puppulin, W. Zhu, N. Sugano, I. C. Clarke, G. Pezzotti

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)195-204
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
Volume56
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2016

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Biomaterials
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials

Keywords

  • Dual mobility hip implant
  • Metal contamination
  • Phase transformation
  • Raman spectroscopy
  • Zirconia-toughened alumina

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