Corrosion behaviour of AISI 316L stainless-steel alloys in diabetic serum.
The present study investigates the pitting-corrosion behaviour of AISI 316L stainless steel in human physiological fluids.  The emphasis is on the effect of diabetic serum with glucose and proteins, but reference solutions of isotonic saline solution with and without antibiotics were also used.  Polarization experiments were carried out, and the results point to the innocuity of those fluids on the performance of the alloy as far as pitting corrosion is concerned.
Departamento de Engenharia Química, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa Codex, Portugal.
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Moura e Silva
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Monteiro
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Ferreira
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Vieira
D001826:Body Fluids / Q000737:chemistry; D003343:Corrosion; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D013193:Stainless Steel / Q000737:chemistry*