Magnesium Biomaterials Design, Testing, and Best Practice /

• Main Authors: Kirkland, Nicholas Travis (Author), Birbilis, Nick (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Materials,
• Subjects: Materials science.; Orthopedics.; Regenerative medicine.; Tissue engineering.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomaterials.; Materials Science.; Biomedical Engineering.; Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering.

Magnesium Biomaterials provides a succinct up-to-date overview of Magnesium biomaterial development, critically examines the types of in vitro experiments that may be performed, and investigates the numerous variables that affect Magnesium biodegradation when undertaking these experiments. This work...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to magnesium biomaterials
• Magnesium biocorrosion experiments
• Influence of experimental variables on in vitro performance
• Developments in Mg-based alloys for biomaterials
• Summary and concluding remarks.