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Chemical Stability of Chromium Carbide and Chromium Nitride Powders Compared with Chromium Metal in Synthetic Biological Solutions

Table 4

Measured median particle diameter ( 𝑑 0 . 5 ) and the 10% ( 𝑑 0 . 1 ) and 90% ( 𝑑 0 . 9 ) size distribution percentiles expressed as mass (volume) and numbers of the Cr metal–, the Cr–C– (heterogeneous samples) and the Cr–N powder in PBS using laser diffraction.
Test item 𝑑 0 . 1 volume 𝑑 0 . 5 volume 𝑑 0 . 9 volume 𝑑 0 . 1 number 𝑑 0 . 5 number 𝑑 0 . 9 number
Cr-metal7.316.130.1β€”β€”β€”
Cr-C (1)2.67.727.20.961.73.6
Cr-C (2)2.67.926.70.250.352.2
Cr-N2.614.543.90.520.872.0
β€”not calculated.