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JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A
卷 67A, 期 1, 页码 200-207出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.10006
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zirconia; composite; aging; phase transformation; wear resistance
Recently zirconia/alumina composites have been examined by many researchers as the new generation of bearing materials in total joint replacements. In this study, the phase stability of a Ce-TZP/Al2O3 nanocomposite and conventional Y-TZP after aging, and its influence on wear resistance, were investigated. Very slight phase transformation was observed in both types of ceramics 18 months after the implantation of Ce-TZP/Al2O3 or Y-TZP samples into rabbit tibiae. However, Y-TZP showed marked phase transformation (approximately 80%) after aging in an autoclave (121degreesC) for 190 h or in physiological saline at 62degreesC for 18 months, whereas the new composite remained almost resistant to degradation. According to the results of self-pairing pin-on-disk wear tests using ceramic specimens with or without autoclave aging, the wear factor was almost the same between Ce-TZP/Al2O3 samples with and without aging (6.74 +/- 0.36 x 10(-8) and 6.04 +/- 0.95 x 10(-8) mm(3)/Nm, respectively). In contrast, although non-aped Y-TZP had the lowest wear factor (4.88 +/- 0.51 x 10(-8) mm(3)/Nm) of all specimens tested, aged Y-TZP showed 10-fold greater wear than nonaged Y-TZP. The present study suggests that Ce-TZP/Al2O3 nanocomposite has much greater phase stability than Y-TZP, and that its wear properties are not influenced by aging. (C) 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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