title: Fracture toughness of CoCr alloy-PMMA cement interface.
abstract: An unsymmetric cantilever geometry was used experimentally to determine the critical energy release rate values for cobalt chromium alloy-polymethylmethacrylate cement (CoCr alloy-PMMA) interfaces with satin finished, grit blasted, and plasma sprayed surface treatments applied to the CoCr alloy. Critical energy release rates of 0.013, 0.181, and 0.583 N/mm were found for the satin finish, grit blasted, and plasma sprayed CoCr alloy-PMMA interfaces, respectively. A finite element model of the experimental test specimen was used to determine the crack tip phase angles (-8.73 degrees to -27.1 degrees) that indicated that the tensile load applied to the specimens resulted in a tensile (mode I) and in-plane shear (mode II) loading at the crack tip. The experimental data suggest that a satin finish CoCr alloy-PMMA interface has minimal resistance to crack propagation when compared to grit blasted or plasma sprayed surface treatments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse, USA.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Edidin
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Ordway
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Manley
mesh_terms: D000497:Alloys / Q000737:chemistry*; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D001843:Bone Cements / Q000737:chemistry*; D002857:Chromium / Q000737:chemistry*; D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry*; D008768:Methylmethacrylates / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000497:Alloys; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D001843:Bone Cements; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D002857:Chromium; D003035:Cobalt