Biomaterials Corrosion
Corrosion Reviews Special Issue Vol. 21, Nos 2-3, 2003

The following links will bring to the abstracts of the articles presented in this special issue of Corrosion Reviews:

• Preface: N. Eliaz, U.K. Mudali
• An Overview of Biomaterials-Novel Approaches and Applications: N. Lotan
• Biomaterials: Past Successes and Future Problems: D.J. Blackwood
• Corrosion and Microstructural Aspects of Titanium and its Alloys as Orthopaedic Devices: G. Manivasagam, U. Kamachi Mudali, R. Asokamani and B. Raj
• Reconstruction and Regeneration of Surface Oxide Film on Metallic Materials in Biological Environments: T. Hanawa
• Orthopedic Implant Fretting Corrosion: N.J. Hallab and J.J. Jacobs
• Corrosion of Copper Contraceptive Intrauterine Implants: B. Valdez, J. Sampedro, M. Carrillo, M. Schorr, T. Perez and G. Hernandez-Duque
• Failures of Stainless Steel Orthopedic Devices - Causes and Remedies: U. Kamachi Mudali, T.M. Sridhar, N. Eliaz and Baldev Raj
• Book Review / Structural Biomaterials for the 21" Century ....

Numerous pages of the Corrosion Doctors Web site discuss passivation related topics: Beer, Biomaterials, Blocking, Calcareous deposits, Electrochemical noise, Electrode passivation, Galvanized, Inhibitors, Iron, Nickel aluminum bronze, Oxidizers, Passivation layer, Passive curve, Passivity, pH, Pickling, Pitting, Potentiodynamic polarization, Rouging, Stainless steels, Steel, Stress corrosion cracking, Surface contaminants