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Single Asperity Fretting Corrosion Of Traditional And Additively Manufactured Metallic Biomaterials: Quantitative Analysis From Acetabular Tapers To Micron And Nanometer Scale Tribocorrosion, Annsley Mace
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Mechanically assisted crevice corrosion (MACC) of metallic biomaterials continues to be a significant degradation mode. This is, in part, due to a lack of understanding of fundamental micron- and sub-micron scale mechanisms of metal degradation in biological environments. Metal-metal (or metal-hard) load bearing surfaces of hip arthroplasties are subjected to fretting crevice corrosion (FCC, one form of MACC). Current work in tribocorrosion involves large contact area tests with multiple asperities, with a distribution of load and wear that changes over time. A more systematic and controlled study of the FCC micro- and nanomechanics is needed.
Therefore, the goal of this …