10. An engineer is designing a total hip implant. She intends to make the femoral stem out of titanium because it forms a good i

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10. An engineer is designing a total hip implant. She intends to make the femoral stem out of titanium because it forms a good i

nterface with bone. However, since titanium does not have optimal wear properties she intends to make the ball component out of stainless steel and attach it using a press fit. Should she be worried about corrosion? If so what types of corrosion could take place?

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creativ13 [48] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-15T14:47:51+03:00

creativ13 [48]4 years ago

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Yes. She should be worried about corrosion. The 18-8 stainless exhibits intergranular corrosion due to high (0.08%) carbon content and gross pitting due to low molybdenum content.

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