Strengthening of Mg based alloy through grain refinement for orthopaedic application
By Soumyaranjan Nayak and Bharat Bhushan and R. Jayaganthan and P. Gopinath and R.D. Agarwal and Debrupa Lahiri
Published in Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
2016
Abstract
Magnesium is presently attracting a lot of interest as a replacement to clinically used orthopaedic implant materials, due to its ability to solve the stress shielding problems, biodegradability and osteocompatibility. However, the strength of Mg is still lower than the requirement and it becomes worse after it starts degrading fast, while being exposed in living body environment. This research explores the effectiveness of