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A standard work on corrosion, written in a clear descriptive style.
Chapter 4 on corrosion testing and Chapter 5 on behavior of specific mate-
rials are very useful compilations of information otherwise widely scat-
tered in the literature. There is a teachers manual, with worked problems,
but it is currently out of print.
3. Fraker AC, Griffin CD (eds): Corrosion and Degradation of
Implant Materials: Second Symposium . STP 859. American Society for
Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 1985.
See Ref. 11, below.
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Discusses both permanent and degradable polymers. Useful
bibliography.
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Of historical interest; the first modern, systematic examination of the
subject.
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Thorough description of fundamentals of corrosion in the body and the
advantages and limitations of common test solutions.
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LR (ed): Biomaterials in Reconstructive Surgery . CV Mosby, St. Louis,
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A comprehensive article on the subject. Exhaustively illustrated with
scanning electron microscopic and x-ray images, it includes results of both
laboratory and clinical investigations.
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Biomaterials 5:122-135, 1984.
A discussion of pH-potential diagrams by the one who has been respon-
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A historical review of corrosion with excellent examples. Chapters 2
(Aqueous Corrosion) and 4 (Corrosion Attack and Failure) are particularly
useful.
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vitro tests. In Winter GD, Leray JL, de Groot K (eds): Evaluation of
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elemental constituents to corrosion resistance of stainless steels.
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