Metals Flashcards
CoCr
High wear resistance
Polishing
Does not interact with bone
Ti
Too soft for articulating
Good for bone
General Characteristics
4
High corrosion resistance
Biocompatibility
High wear resistance
Mechanical properties
Oxide layer
3
Key to biocompatibility
Responsible for corrosion resistance
Assist with osseointegration
Biocompatibility
ability to minimize adverse host reactions
High wear resistance
Necessary to prevent leechables
Mechanical properties
Static and fatigue
Stress-shielding
Have elastic modulus equivalent to that of the tissue
Co-based alloy manufacture
Casting or powder metallurgy
Ti alloy manufacture
machined
Heat treatment
2
Heating and chilling at a controlled rate
Increased strength or hardness
Heat treatment types
7
Hardening Quenching Annealing Normalizing Tempering Strengthening Surface Hardening
Hardening
Heat and cool rapidly
Quenching
3
Cooling rapidly using salt water, water, oil, molten salt, air or gas
Increased residual stresses and sometimes cracks