...Abstract Abstract Magnesium and magnesium-based alloys have relatively low weight and desirable mechanical properties for many applications in multiple industries including aerospace and automotive. In the past decade, due to its biocompatible nature, the medical field has expressed significant...

... 1 Copyright © 2012 by ASME Proceedings of the ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition IMECE2012 November 9-15, 2012, Houston, Texas, USA IMECE2012-86918 FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HYDROXYAPATITE-MAGNESIUM COMPOSITE THIN FILMS ON MAGNESIUM PLATES FOR IMPLANT...

... 02 08 2012 Magnesium-Calcium (MgCa) alloys have shown very promising potential to make biodegradable metallic orthopedic implants. Biodegradable metallic implants relieve the need for second surgery and avoid stress shielding common with permanent metallic implants. Moreover...

... 02 08 2012 Magnesium (Mg) alloys, a novel class of degradable, metallic biomaterials, have attracted growing interest as a promising alternative for medical implant and device applications due to their advantageous mechanical and biological properties. Moreover, magnesium...

... are validated with experimental measurements of residual stresses and surface roughness. Burnishing finite element surface integrity magnesium biomaterial orthopedic implants 1 Copyright © 2011 by ASME Proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition...

... 24 08 2009 Corrosion and cell culture experiments were performed to evaluate magnesium (Mg) as a possible biodegradable implant material. The corrosion current and potential of a Mg disk were measured in different physiological solutions. The corrosion currents in cell culture media...