CHARACTERIZATION OF CORROSION PRODUCTS ON A COPPER-CONTAINING INTRAUTERINE-DEVICE DURING STORAGE AT ROOM-TEMPERATURE

Authors
BASTIDAS JM SIMANCAS T
Citation
Jm. Bastidas et T. Simancas, CHARACTERIZATION OF CORROSION PRODUCTS ON A COPPER-CONTAINING INTRAUTERINE-DEVICE DURING STORAGE AT ROOM-TEMPERATURE, Biomaterials, 18(3), 1997, pp. 247-250
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Biomedical","Materials Science, Biomaterials
Journal title
Biomaterials → ACNP
ISSN journal
01429612
Volume
18
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
247 - 250
Database
ISI
SICI code
0142-9612(1997)18:3<247:COCPOA>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
This paper studies the characterization of corrosion products formed o n corroded and uncorroded copper-containing intrauterine devices store d at room temperature for a period of 30 months. The experimental tech niques used were X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy and Auger electron spectroscopy. The compounds found were cuprite (Cu2O) and tenorite (Cu O). The latter was the main compound formed on corroded samples, formi ng thin tarnish films. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Limited.