Wear mapping of CoCrMo alloy in simulated bio-tribocorrosion conditions of a hip prosthesis bearing in calf serum solution

Kamran Sadiq, Margaret Stack, Richard Anthony Black

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Abstract

Wear maps were developed following a series of micro-abrasion-corrosion testing during idealised hip contact conditions for a CoCrMo alloy in a foetal calf serum solution. The main aim of the study was to characterise wear-corrosion or bio-tribocorrosion regimes of the alloy over a range of applied loads and applied potentials. The transitioning micro-abrasion-corrosion mechanisms, synergisms and wastage behaviors in the presence of additional abrasive particles were identified and mapped. Wear maps in earlier work show the wear-corrosion transitions of CoCrMo alloy in the absence of abrasive particles for similar conditions; the wear maps developed in this work were compared. Mapping the micro-abrasion-corrosion regimes indicated that proteins present in foetal calf serum solution, resulting in development of a graphitic tribo-layer, may play a critical role in enhancing or protecting against tribo-corrosive degradation.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)452-462
Number of pages11
JournalMaterials Science and Engineering: C
Volume49
Early online date6 Jan 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2015

Keywords

  • bio-tribocorrosion
  • CoCrMo
  • hip replacement
  • calf serum
  • tribocorrosion maps
  • wear mapping

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