2.8 Metals for implants and prosthesis

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. List of contributors XV
5. Volume 1 (From Construction Materials to Technical Gases)
6. 1 Construction materials and coatings
7. 1.1 Basics of cement chemistry 1
8. 1.2 Inorganic insulation materials 21
9. 1.3 Conservation: silicon chemistry in building protection 29
10. 1.4 Inorganic pigments 47
11. 1.5 Anodized aluminum and particle coatings 59
12. 1.6 Vitreous enamel 78
13. 1.7 Flame retardants 96
14. 2 Metals and intermetallics
15. 2.1 Resources: ores, recycling and urban mining 113
16. 2.2 Special steels and alloys for industrial use 123
17. 2.3 Metallic light-weight alloys: Al, Ti, Mg 158
18. 2.4 Copper and copper alloys 174
19. 2.5 Solder materials in electronics 192
20. 2.6 Metallic coatings 207
21. 2.7 Be and Be alloys 221
22. 2.8 Metals for implants and prosthesis 229
23. 2.9 Precious metals 237
24. 2.10 Shape memory alloys 255
25. 2.11 Bulk metallic glasses 265
26. 3 Technical glasses
27. 3.1 Ultra-strong glasses and glass-ceramics and bioactive materials 271
28. 3.2 Special glasses for optical and electrical device applications 294
29. 3.3 Glass fibers 316
30. 4 Technical gases 331
31. Subject index 347
32. Formula index 357