Fabrication and properties of Cobalt-Chromium implant composite

• Main Author: Nur Hidayah Ahmad Zaidi
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Perlis 2008
• Subjects: Composites; Cobalt implant composite (CIC); Materials engineering; Chromium; Biomaterials; Metal matrix composite; Powder metallurgy; Orthopedic biomaterials
• Online Access: http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/1481
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Perlis

Cobalt implant composite (CIC) was produced by powder metallurgy technique. Composition of 0% ,5%, 10%, 15% and 20% of hydroxyapatite was mixed with cobaltchromium alloy. The fabrication technique is mixing, blending, pressing and sintering of the final product. Cobalt, chromium and hydroxyapatite...