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Effect of Uric acid Level on the Corrosion Behavior of SS 316L and Co-Cr-Mo Used in Implant Applications | ||
| Engineering and Technology Journal | ||
| Article 14, Volume 31, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 2482-2490 PDF (599.9 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.30684/etj.31.17A.14 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Kahtan K. Al-Khazraji; Rana A. Majed; Zina Noori Abdulhameed | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In this study electrochemical behaviors of SS 316L and Co-Cr-Mo alloys were studied using electrochemical method by potentiostat in simulated body fluid (SBF) at pH=7.4 and 37oC in absence and presence of 7 and 12 g/dL uric acid which causes arthritis. Corrosion parameters for two implants were calculated which include corrosion potentials (Ecorr), corrosion current densities (icorr), cathodic and anodic Tafel slops (bc & ba), polarization resistance (Rp) and corrosion rates (CR). Increases uric acid in human body gives decreasing in corrosion rate for SS 316L because of formation organometallic complexes between acid molecules and released metal ions, but an increase in corrosion rate for Co-Cr-Mo alloy because of low affinity of cobalt ions to formation organometallic complexes. General comparison between two implants shows that the Co-Cr-Mo alloy has lower corrosion rate than SS 316L in the same conditions due to Cr content. This means that using Co-Cr-Mo alloy better than SS 316L as bioimplant. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Corrosion in human body; Uric acid; Surgical implants | ||
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