The Science and Engineering of Metallic Biomaterials

by J.L. Gilbert

The text lays out the fundamental science of metallic biomaterials, their bulk and surface properties, the fundamental features of thebulk and surface structures and the properties of these materialsas they relate to the design and performance of metallic medicaldevices. Interactions between the metal and the biologicalenvironment are defined and discussed (Corrosion andBiocompatibility), and the effects of loading (stresses andstrains, motions, tribology,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1118349946
• ISBN13: 9781118349946
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 450 Pages