DEGRADATION BEHAVIOR OF DIFFERENT MAGNESIUM ALLOYS FOR TEMPORARY IMPLANTS: ROLE OF ALLOYING ELEMENTS, MICROSTRUCTURE, AND TESTING MEDIA

Elena PIEPTEA (Popescu), Aurora ANTONIAC, Iuliana CORNESCHI, Iulian ANTONIAC, Veronica MANESCU (Paltanea), Anca FRATILA

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Biodegradable Mg-based alloys seem to be the future raw materials used for the fabrication of temporary implants used in orthopedic, cardiovascular, dental, and general surgery specializations. The main problem of Mg-based alloys is their faster degradation rate in the human body, which will compromise the biomechanical stability of the implants before the end of the healing process and implicitly increase the tissue healing time. In this study, we investigated how different test media influence the corrosion behavior of magnesium-based alloys. The results obtained indicate that the choice of media significantly influences the corrosion patterns; in particular, simulated body fluid (SBF) is a more corrosive medium. This is due to the high concentration of Cl- ions and the absence of organic compounds in the composition.

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