Environmental Stability and Residual Stresses in Zirconia Femoral Head for Total Hip Arthroplasty: <i>In Vitro</i> Aging versus Retrieval Studies

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/bmri/volume-2015/638502/figures/638502.fig.001a.svgz" name="638502.fig.001a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Before aging</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/bmri/volume-2015/638502/figures/638502.fig.001b.svgz" name="638502.fig.001b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>After 20 h aging at 134°C</td></tr></table>

<div>Average Raman spectra and optical microscopic images collected at the surfaces of Head (I) before (a) and after 20 h aging at 134°C (b).</div>

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Figure 1: Environmental Stability and Residual Stresses in Zirconia Femoral Head for Total Hip Arthroplasty: <i>In Vitro</i> Aging versus Retrieval Studies 

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Environmental Stability and Residual Stresses in Zirconia Femoral Head for Total Hip Arthroplasty: In Vitro Aging versus Retrieval Studies

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