Materials ScienceMedicineEngineering

Biomedical applications of titanium and its alloys

C. Elias, J. Lima, R. Valiev, M. Meyers

2008.3.25JOM

DOI: 10.1007/s11837-008-0031-1

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Titanium alloys are considered to be the most attractive metallic materials for biomedical applications but for permanent implant applications the alloy has a possible toxic effect resulting from released vanadium and aluminum.

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ELIAS, C., et al. Biomedical applications of titanium and its alloys. JOM, 2008, 60: 46–49.