In vitro degradation and cytotoxicity response of Mg–4% Zn–0.5% Zr (ZK40) alloy as a potential biodegradable material

In vitro and in vivo studies on the degradation of high-purity Mg (99.99wt.%) screw with femoral intracondylar fractured rabbit model

“…µm, which was much smaller than that of the as cast one (200-500 µm, Fig.1). The yield strength and ultimate tensile strength was about 148.5 MPa and 199.1 MPa, respectively, which was much higher than that of the cancellous bone and comparable to many other Mg alloys, seen in Table 1 [6][7][8][10][11][12][13].…”

Effect of thermal treatment on the bio-corrosion and mechanical properties of ultrafine-grained ZK60 magnesium alloy

“…The commercial composition ZK60 alloy, which contain both zinc and zirconium, have high strength as a result of the solid solution effect of Zn and the grain refining effect of Zr. For this reason, studies have been conducted to examine and improve the mechanical properties and bio-corrosion properties of ZK60 alloy (Mostaed et al, 2014;Huan et al, 2010;Gu et al, 2011;Hong et al, 2013;Qi et al, 2014).…”

Study on microstructure and properties of extruded Mg–2Nd–0.2Zn alloy as potential biodegradable implant material

“…The elastic modulus of magnesium (41)(42)(43)(44)(45) is close to that of natural bones (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20). A match of elastic modulus between the bones and the implants benefits to prevent the occurrence of the stress shielding effect of the bones [3].…”