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- Title
- Porous bioresorbable magnesium as bone substitute
- Author(s)
- Wen, C. E.; Yamada, Y.; Shimojima, K.; Chino, Y.; Hosokawa, H.; Mabuchi, M.
- Abstract
- Recently magnesium has been recognized as a very promising biomaterial for bone substitutes because of its excellent properties of biocompatibility, biodegradability and bioresorbability. In the present study, magnesium foams were fabricated by using a powder metallurgical process. Scanning electron microscopy equipped with energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS) and compressive tester were used to characterize the porous magnesium. Results show that the Young's modulus and the peak stress of the porous magnesium increase with decreasing porosity and pore size. This study suggests that the mechanical properties of the porous magnesium with the low porosity of 35 % and/or with the small pore size of about 70 μm are close to those of human cancellous bones.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Materials Science Forum: Magnesium Alloys 2003: proceedings of the Second Osaka International Conference on Platform Science and Technology for Advanced Magnesium Alloys 2003, Osaka, Japan, 26-30 January 2003 / Y. Kojima, T. Aizawa, K. Higashi, S. Kamado (eds.), Vol. 419-422, pp. 1001-1006
- Publication year
- 2003
- FOR Code(s)
- 0912 Materials Engineering; 1007 Nanotechnology
- Keyword(s)
- Magnesium; Mechanical properties; Pore sizes; Porosity; Porous materials
- Publisher
- Trans Tech Publications
- ISSN
- 0255-5476 (series ISSN)
- ISBN
- 9780878499144, 0878499148
- Publisher URL
- http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.419-422.1001
- Copyright
- Copyright © (2003) Trans Tech Publications.
- Peer reviewed
