Influence of different CoCrMo counterfaces on wear in UHMWPE for artificial joints

Wear tests were carried out to study the effect of various counterface materials in the wear behaviour of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE). The materials used as counterfaces were based on varieties of CoCrMo: 1) forged (hand-polished) CoCrMo, 2) forged (mass-finished) CoCrMo, and 3...

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Autores: González-Mora, V. A., Hoffmann, Michael, Stroosnijder, R., Espinar Escalona, Eduardo, Llamas Carrera, José María, Fernández-Fairén, Mariano, Gil, FJ
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:20.500.12328/2954
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12328/2954
https://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jbise.2011.45047
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Desgast
Articulacions artificials
CoCrMo
Desgaste
Articulaciones artificiales
Wear
Artificial joints
616.3
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Sumario:Wear tests were carried out to study the effect of various counterface materials in the wear behaviour of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE). The materials used as counterfaces were based on varieties of CoCrMo: 1) forged (hand-polished) CoCrMo, 2) forged (mass-finished) CoCrMo, and 3) cast (mass-finished) CoCrMo. Addi-tionally, two coatings were proposed: 1) a CoCrMo coating applied to the forged CoCrMo alloy by means of physical vapour deposition (PVD), and 2) a ZrO2 coating applied to the forged CoCrMo alloy by means of plasma-assisted chemical vapour deposition (PACVD). The reciprocating pin-on-flat (RPOF) de-vice for pin-on-disk wear testing was used for this study. The worn surfaces were observed using optical, atomic force and scanning electron microscopes.