Wear Particles of Carbon/Carbon Composite Artificial Hip Joints

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1077.2010.00349

Abstract

Abstract:

The carbon/carbon composite wear particles generated from a hip joint simulator were separated. The size, morphology and thickness of the particles were tested by laser particle size analyzer, scanning electron microscope and 3-D profiler, respectively. The results show that the particles are 0.3-93.9μm in size and the morphology and the thickness of the particles distributes regularly according to their sizes. The particles whose sizes are larger than 30μm are carbon fibers with a constant thickness. The particles whose thicknesses are in a broad range with medium size (3-30μm) show irregular morphology and complex boundary. The particles whose thicknesses are in the range of submicrometers are less than 3μm in size and have a spherical or circular shape. Based on the experimental results, the evolvement of the wear particles in the wear process is explained.

Key words: carbon/carbon composites, wear particles, prosthesis, artificial hip joint

CLC Number:

TB332

ZHANG Lei-Lei,HU Tao,LI He-Jun,LU Jin-Hua,SHEN Xue-Tao,CAO Wei-Feng,WANG Bin. Wear Particles of Carbon/Carbon Composite Artificial Hip Joints[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2010, 25(4): 349-353.

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