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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781028303321

Autore

Rodriguez-Gonzalez Federico Ángel

Titolo

Biomaterials in orthopaedic surgery [[electronic resource] /] / Federico Ángel Rodríguez-González

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Materials Park, Ohio, : ASM International, 2009

ISBN

1-61503-129-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Soggetti

Biomedical materials

Orthopedic implants

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Collaborators""; ""About the Author""; ""Introduction to Biomaterials in Orthopaedic Surgery ""; ""Structures of Solids and Phase Diagrams""; ""Types of Biomaterials in Orthopaedics""; ""Basic Principles of Biomechanics ""; ""Applications of Materials Testing ""; ""Selected Applications of Biomaterials in Orthopaedic Surgery""; ""Bone Allografts ""; ""Clinical Cases ""; ""Failures Modes of Implants ""; ""Determination of Composition at a Point in the Iron-Chromium-Nickel Ternary Phase Diagram at 650° ""

""The Pythagorean Theorem and Natural Trigonometric Functions""""International (SI) Units for Force, Area, and Stress""; ""Index""