Published April 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

Thin-layer activation of hip-joint prostheses for tribological tests

  • 1. Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule, Zurich (Switzerland). Inst. fuer Mittelenergiephysik
  • 2. Sulzer Bros. Ltd., Winterthur (Switzerland)

Description

Thin-layer activation as a method of measuring wear has been applied in a tribological study of artificial hip joints made from CoCrMo forged alloy. The activation of CoCrMo alloy using protons, deuterons, 3He, and α-particles has been studied systematically. Excitation functions are reported for the reactions 59Co(d, p)60Co and 100Mo(α, n)103Ru. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B
Journal Volume
50
Journal Issue
1-4
Series
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B.
Journal Page Range
57-61
ISSN
0168-583X
CODEN
NIMBE

Conference

Title
1. European conference on accelerators in applied research and technology (ECAART-1).
Dates
5-9 Sep 1989.
Place
Frankfurt am Main (Germany, F.R.).

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
21074077
Subject category
S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
ALPHA REACTIONS; CALIBRATION; CHARGED-PARTICLE ACTIVATION AN; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COBALT ALLOYS; COBALT 59 TARGET; COBALT 60; DEPTH; DEUTERON REACTIONS; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; EXCITATION FUNCTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HELIUM 3 REACTIONS; INTEGRAL CROSS SECTIONS; JOINTS; LAYERS; MEV RANGE 01-10; MEV RANGE 10-100; MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS; MOLYBDENUM 100 TARGET; NEUTRON TRANSFER; NEUTRONS; ONE-NUCLEON TRANSFER REACTIONS; PROSTHESES; PROTON REACTIONS; PROTONS; RUTHENIUM 103; THREE-NUCLEON TRANSFER REACTIO; WEAR
Descriptors DEC
ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ALLOYS; BARYON REACTIONS; BARYONS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CATIONS; CHARGED PARTICLES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COBALT ISOTOPES; CROSS SECTIONS; DATA; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DIMENSIONS; DIRECT REACTIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FERMIONS; HADRON REACTIONS; HADRONS; HYDROGEN IONS; HYDROGEN IONS 1 PLUS; INFORMATION; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO; IONS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MEDICAL SUPPLIES; MEV RANGE; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; MULTI-NUCLEON TRANSFER REACTIO; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; NUCLEON REACTIONS; NUCLEONS; NUMERICAL DATA; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; RUTHENIUM ISOTOPES; TARGETS; TRANSFER REACTIONS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES