Surface composition analysis of failed c
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R. Decking; P. Reuter; M. Hüttner; W. Puhl; L. E. Claes; H. P. Scharf
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The surfaces of retrieved failed cementless total hip implants made of cobalt‐chromium‐molybdenum casting alloy and of wrought titanium 6‐aluminum 4‐vanadium alloy were studied with the use of scanning‐electron microscopy (SEM), energy‐dispersive X‐ray analysis (EDX) and X‐ray photoelec