Determination of the fatigue fracture planes of Co-Cr-Mo biomedical alloys using electron backscatter diffraction.
Electron backscatter diffraction on a scanning electron microscope has been utilized to acquire crystal orientation information around faceted fatigue cracks in a Co-Cr-Mo alloy for medical implants. The faceted fracture planes are unambiguously determined as {111} planes.
Wang
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SC
Materials Research Group, School of Engineering Science, The University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK. wangs@soton.ac.uk
Browne
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M
Ubhi
H S
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Starink
M J
MJ
D002858:Chromium Alloys; D003461:Crystallography; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008982:Molybdenum; D019736:Prostheses and Implants
D002858:Chromium Alloys; D008982:Molybdenum