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7.2 Typical stripe wear formation in a hip simulator over the initial 10
cycles
(0.1Mc) and for the duration of the study (510
6
cycles) (5.0Mc) for an
Al
2
O
3
±Al
2
O
3
bearing couple (top: A±D) and an AMC±AMC bearing couple
(bottom: A±D). (AMC is Al
2
O
3
matrix composite.) (Courtesy of I.C. Clarke.)