Fretting corrosion of materials for orthopaedic implants:
a study of a metal/polymer contact in an artificial physiological medium
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ABSTRACT
The fretting corrosion behaviour of a 316L SS flat against a PMMA counterface has been investigated in an artificial physiological medium. A specific device has been used to visualize the in situ degradation at the contact interface. Simultaneous analysis of the coefficient of friction and free corrosion potential has shown four distinct stages during fretting experiments. An energy-oriented approach to the fretting process was conducted in tandem with measurement of wear. This method has shown a linear progression in the wear volume of the samples as a function of the interfacial energy dissipated during fretting. The presence of chlorides contributes to a considerable acceleration of the degradation of the stainless steel surface. This process was explained by a mechanism related to crevice corrosion activated by friction.