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Bioabsorbable metallic glass

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Bioresorbable (or bioabsorbable) metallic glass is a type of amorphous metal, which is based on the Mg-Zn-Ca ternary system. [1]

26 relations: Alloy, Amorphous metal, Bioresorbable stent, Bone, Calcium, California Institute of Technology, Chemical element, Corrosion, Crystallization, Ductility, Elastic modulus, Hardness, Isothermal process, Kelvin, Lanthanide, Magnesium, Materials science, Mega-, Micrometre, Millimetre, Orthopedic surgery, Pascal (unit), Plasticity (physics), Poisson's ratio, Pol Duwez, Zinc.

Alloy

An alloy is a combination of metals or of a metal and another element.

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Amorphous metal

An amorphous metal (also known as metallic glass or glassy metal) is a solid metallic material, usually an alloy, with a disordered atomic-scale structure.

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Bioresorbable stent

In medicine, a stent is any device which is inserted into a blood vessel or other internal duct in order to expand the vessel to prevent or alleviate a blockage.

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Bone

A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the vertebrate skeleton.

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Calcium

Calcium is a chemical element with symbol Ca and atomic number 20.

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California Institute of Technology

The California Institute of Technology (abbreviated Caltech)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; other spellings such as.

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Chemical element

A chemical element is a species of atoms having the same number of protons in their atomic nuclei (that is, the same atomic number, or Z).

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Corrosion

Corrosion is a natural process, which converts a refined metal to a more chemically-stable form, such as its oxide, hydroxide, or sulfide.

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Crystallization

Crystallization is the (natural or artificial) process by which a solid forms, where the atoms or molecules are highly organized into a structure known as a crystal.

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Ductility

Ductility is a measure of a material's ability to undergo significant plastic deformation before rupture, which may be expressed as percent elongation or percent area reduction from a tensile test.

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Elastic modulus

An elastic modulus (also known as modulus of elasticity) is a quantity that measures an object or substance's resistance to being deformed elastically (i.e., non-permanently) when a stress is applied to it.

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Hardness

Hardness is a measure of the resistance to localized plastic deformation induced by either mechanical indentation or abrasion.

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Isothermal process

An isothermal process is a change of a system, in which the temperature remains constant: ΔT.

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Kelvin

The Kelvin scale is an absolute thermodynamic temperature scale using as its null point absolute zero, the temperature at which all thermal motion ceases in the classical description of thermodynamics.

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Lanthanide

The lanthanide or lanthanoid series of chemical elements comprises the 15 metallic chemical elements with atomic numbers 57 through 71, from lanthanum through lutetium.

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Magnesium

Magnesium is a chemical element with symbol Mg and atomic number 12.

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Materials science

The interdisciplinary field of materials science, also commonly termed materials science and engineering is the design and discovery of new materials, particularly solids.

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Mega-

Mega is a unit prefix in metric systems of units denoting a factor of one million (106 or 000).

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Micrometre

The micrometre (International spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: μm) or micrometer (American spelling), also commonly known as a micron, is an SI derived unit of length equaling (SI standard prefix "micro-".

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Millimetre

The millimetre (International spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI unit symbol mm) or millimeter (American spelling) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousandth of a metre, which is the SI base unit of length.

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Orthopedic surgery

Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics, also spelled orthopaedic, is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system.

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Pascal (unit)

The pascal (symbol: Pa) is the SI derived unit of pressure used to quantify internal pressure, stress, Young's modulus and ultimate tensile strength.

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Plasticity (physics)

In physics and materials science, plasticity describes the deformation of a (solid) material undergoing non-reversible changes of shape in response to applied forces.

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Poisson's ratio

Poisson's ratio, denoted by the Greek letter 'nu', \nu, and named after Siméon Poisson, is the negative of the ratio of (signed) transverse strain to (signed) axial strain.

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Pol Duwez

Pol Duwez (11 December 1907 – 31 December 1984) was a Belgian-born materials scientist.

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Zinc

Zinc is a chemical element with symbol Zn and atomic number 30.

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Ca-Mg-Zn metallic glass, Mg-Zn-Ca metallic glass.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioabsorbable_metallic_glass

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