<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> At present biodegradable implants received increased attention due to their use in various fields of medicine. This work is dedicated to testing of biodegradable materials which could be used as bone implants. The samples were prepared from the carbonyl iron powder by replication method and surface polymer film was produced through sol-gel process. Corrosion testing was carried out under static conditions during 12 weeks in Hank’s solution. The quantity of corrosion products increased with prolonging time of static test as it can be concluded from the results of EDX analysis. The degradation of open cell materials with polyethylene glycol coating layer was faster compared to uncoated Fe sample. Also the mass losses were higher for samples with PEG coating. The polymer coating brought about the desired increase in degradation rate of porous iron material.</p></abstract>

At present biodegradable implants received increased attention due to their use in various fields of medicine. This work is dedicated to testing of biodegradable materials which could be used as bone implants. The samples were prepared from the carbonyl iron powder by replication method and surface polymer film was produced through sol-gel process. Corrosion testing was carried out under static conditions during 12 weeks in Hank’s solution. The quantity of corrosion products increased with prolonging time of static test as it can be concluded from the results of EDX analysis. The degradation of open cell materials with polyethylene glycol coating layer was faster compared to uncoated Fe sample. Also the mass losses were higher for samples with PEG coating. The polymer coating brought about the desired increase in degradation rate of porous iron material.

Static Corrosion Test of Porous Iron Material with Polymer Coating

Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Moyzesova 11, SK-04154 Košice,

Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Science, Watsonova 47, SK-04353 Košice,

Institute of Geotechnics, Slovak Academy of Science, Watsonova 47, SK-04353 Košice,

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At present biodegradable implants received increased attention due to their use in various fields of medicine. This work is dedicated to testing of...

Static Corrosion Test of Porous Iron Material with Polymer Coating

Published Online: Jan 20, 2017

Page range: 99 - 106

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pmp-2016-0008

Keywords
biomaterial, degradation, porous structure

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Static Corrosion Test of Porous Iron Material with Polymer Coating

Published Online: Jan 20, 2017

Page range: 99 - 106

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pmp-2016-0008

Keywordsbiomaterial, degradation, porous structure

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
biomaterial, degradation, porous structure