Effect of pretreatment process on thermal oxidation of biomedical grade cobalt based alloy

• Main Authors: S., Izman, M. A., Hassan, Mas Ayu, Hassan, Mohammed Rafiq, Abdul Kadir, Mohammed Ruslan, Abdullah, Mahmood, Anwar, A., Shah, R., Daud
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2012
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/28110/1/Effect%20of%20pretreatment%20process%20on%20thermal%20oxidation%20of%20biomedical%20.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/28110/; https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.399-401.1564
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

Wear on Co-Cr-Mo biomedical implants is still a major issue especially for applications in articulation joints like in total ankle, knee and hip arthroplasty. Generation of excessive wear particles can coagulate in body tissues which later cause inflammation, bone loss and necrosis. Modification of...