Magnesium Materials : : From Mountain Bikes to Degradable Bone Grafts / / Yoshiki Oshida.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
• VerfasserIn: Oshida, Yoshiki,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: De Gruyter STEM
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIV, 808 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Prologue --; Chapter 1 Introduction --; Chapter 2 Positioning of magnesium --; Chapter 3 Mg-based alloys --; Chapter 4 Mg-based composites, glassy materials and intermetallics --; Chapter 5 Physical metallurgy --; Chapter 6 Synthesis and casting --; Chapter 7 Thixotechnology --; Chapter 8 Heat treatment and strengthening --; Chapter 9 Formability --; Chapter 10 Forming and product forms --; Chapter 11 Joining --; Chapter 12 Hydrophobicity and wettability --; Chapter 13 Surface modifications --; Chapter 14 Basic properties --; Chapter 15 Superelasticity and superplasticity --; Chapter 16 Nonmedical applications --; Chapter 17 Biological behaviors --; Chapter 18 Biocorrosion and biodegradation --; Chapter 19 Biomedical applications --; Chapter 20 Future perspectives --; Epilogue --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110676945; 9783110750720; 9783110750706; 9783110754001; 9783110753776; 9783110754162; 9783110753936
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110676945
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Yoshiki Oshida.

The book provides an introduction to the topic of magnesium materials for biomedical applications. Additional to the background on magnesium’s physical, chemical and mechanical properties, areas of use, related diseases and pathways for biodegradation will be discussed. Also, an outlook of the future of magnesium material applications will be provided.