The effect of surface treatments on the
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Matteo Dalmiglio; Petra Schaaff; Uwe Holzwarth; Roberto Chiesa; Gianni Rondelli
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Stem modularity in total hip replacement introduces an additional taper joint between Ti‐6Al‐4V stem components with the potential for fretting corrosion processes. One possible way to reduce the susceptibility of the Ti‐6Al‐4V/Ti‐6Al‐4V interface to fretting is the surface modification