PHASE I RESULTS
Test Criteria: CRYSTALOY (CxA) -CRYSTALOY (CxA) Bearings
PAUL load cycle, 2kN Peak, 1Mz, 4.2 Mc
Weight Loss Technique (LLUMC)
Volumetric Wear: (mm3/Mc)
CRYSTALOY (CxA) - .017
Metal-Metal - .120-.505 *
Metal-PE - 30.0-60.0*
* High, Biphasic Wear-resistance for Metal-Metal and Ceramic-Ceramic THR in Simulator Studies, I.C Clarke et al , to be published
Wear Ratio
Metal-PE/CxA-CxA = 3529
