Medical Applications of Titanium and Its Alloys: The Material and Biological Issues

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ASTM International, 1996 - Medical - 421 pages
Thirty papers presented at a 1994 symposium cover the basic materials science issues regarding the processing of titanium alloys, and the controversy regarding their use in medicine. Coverage includes orthopaedic, dental, and cardiovascular applications, with a primary focus on the orthopaedic. Info
 

Contents

TITANIUM ALLOYS AS IMPLANT MATERIALS
3
MANUFACTURING PROCESSES FOR SEMIFINISHED TITANIUM BIOMEDICAL ALLOYS
17
TAGUCHI EXPERIMENT ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SINTERED TITANIUM 64
30
NEW TITANIUM ALLOYS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR MEDICAL IMPLANTS
44
CHARACTERIZATION OF Ti15Mo BETA TITANIUM ALLOY FOR ORTHOPAEDIC IMPLANT APPLICATIONS
60
MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF A NEW BETA TITANIUM ALLOY Ti12MO 6ZR2FE DEVELOPED FOR SURGICAL IMPLANTS
76
OPTIMIZATION OF PROPERTIES OF TI15MO28NB3AL02SI TI15MO28NB 02SI260 BETA TITANIUM ALLOYS FOR APPLICATION IN PRO...
88
MECHANICAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES AND BIOCOMPATIBILITY OF DIFFUSION HARDENED Ti13Nb13Zr A NEW TITANIU...
96
EFFECTS OF MATERIAL COMBINATION SURFACE TREATMENT AND ENVIRONMENT ON FRETTING CORROSION OF Ti 6AI 4V
231
MECHANICAL AND CORROSION PROPERTIES OF NITROGEN DIFFUSION HARDENED TI6AL4V ALLOY
240
CHARACTERIZING THE FRETTING FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF TI6AL4V IN MODULAR JOINTS
252
WEAR OF TITANIUM 64 ALLOY IN LABORATORY TESTS AND IN RETRIEVED HUMAN JOINT REPLACEMENTS
266
THE IN VITRO RESPONSE TO PARTICULATE TITANIUM ALLOY
297
RESPONSE OF TITANIUM SURFACES TO SIMULATED BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS
306
IN VITRO OSTEOBLAST RESPONSES TO cpTi AND Ti6AI4V Alloy
319
RESPONSES OF MACROPHAGES FIBROBLASTS AND OSTEOBLASTS IN VITRO
333

METHODS OF DETECTING AND PREDICTING MICROFRACTURE IN TITANIUM
115
EVALUATION OF THE CORROSION FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF POROUS COATED TI6AL4V
136
A NOVEL POROUS COATING GEOMETRY TO IMPROVE THE FATIGUE STRENGTH OF Ti6AI4V IMPLANT ALLOY
150
CHEMICAL AND ELECTROCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF THE BIOCOMPATIBILITY OF TITANIUM AND ITS ALLOYS
163
PASSIVE DISSOLUTION OF TITANIUM IN BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS
179
CORROSION BEHAVIOR OF DENTAL CASTING ALLOYS COUPLED WITH TITANIUM
188
THE EFFECT OF POTENTIAL PH AND AERATION
199
TRANSITIONAL BEHAVIOR IN Ti6AI4V FRETTING CORROSION
219
DETERMINATION OF IN VIVO TITANIUM RELEASE FROM A NON ARTICULATING COMMERCIALLY PURE TITANIUM IMPLANT
346
DISTRIBUTION OF TITANIUM AND VANADIUM SALTS AND CORROSION PRODUCTS IN CELLS FLUIDS AND ORGANS IN VIVO AND I...
357
CLINICAL STUDIES ON TITANIUM AND STAINLESS STEEL PLATES LCDCP A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION
371
WEAR AND OSTEOLYSIS IN RELATION TO PROSTHESES DESIGN AND MATERIALS
388
A 3YEAR PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF SERUM TITANIUM LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENTS
400
RETRIEVAL ANALYSIS OF Ti6AI4V MILLERGALANTE TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENTS
409
AUTHOR INDEX
417
SUBJECT INDEX
419

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