Environmentally Benign Electropolishing of Biomedical Alloys

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• Personal Author:
  Garich H ; Hall T ; Inman M ; Taylor EJ
• Description:
  A process for surface finishing of medical device and implant alloys is described. Unlike conventional electrochemical surface finishing processes, Faraday's pulse reverse process does not require low conductivity/high viscosity electrolytes and does not require the addition of aggressive chemicals such as hydrofluoric acid to remove the passive film associated with electropolishing of passive and strongly passive materials. This paper focuses on pulse/pulse reverse electropolishing of Nitinol and other metals and alloys containing titanium, molybdenum and niobium. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Electrochemistry Electrolytes Electrolytic Refining Equipment Design Manufacturing Medical Equipment
• ISBN:
  9780791845813
• Publisher:
  The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054997
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition collocated with the JSME 2014 International Conference on Materials and Processing and the 42nd North American Manufacturing Research Conference, Vol. 2: Processing, June 9-13, 2014, Detroit, Michigan. New York: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, paper no. MSEC2014-4035, 2014 Jun; 2:V002T02A027
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Faraday Technology, Inc., Clayton, Ohio
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20130901
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition collocated with the JSME 2014 International Conference on Materials and Processing and the 42nd North American Manufacturing Research Conference, Vol. 2: Processing, June 9-13, 2014, Detroit, Michigan
• End Date:
  20140831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:668947d98abce71353a30dad67ed57accd82611148e9aefce066af4f7dd2a9a66cb3d6da369d928387dcc0c4e9904d5975872965e8d83bafd26b9dafcfa91bfe
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217401/cdc_217401_DS1.pdf
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