http://www.livescience.com/17614-metal-hip-implants-lubricant.html
Cool, maybe we could get the good Dr. to put a "grease fitting" in for adequate lube.
That is a great article. Thanks for sharing.
I knew that chewing on pencils when I was younger would help me some day. ;D
Dan
No Dan that was pre-ADHD...sorry...
or you went to Catholic school...
Maybe this explains something about the heat treated MOM devices?
Interesting article.
Interesting stuff. I wonder what they will find out about the source of the graphite and how we can safely optimize our levels. I never thought that I would be able to oil my new device!
I know I'm a little behind on this, but if interested, De Smet's paper on BHR vs C+ talks about carbide blocks in the BHR and not in the C+. I believe the beginning alloy is all the same with 1% carbon (or there abouts) but when it's heat treated, as in the C+, the larger crystals of carbide (metal and carbon), become less large and are not as obvious as in the BHR, under electron microscope. I don't remember what the conclusions were, but I thought I saw something about forming a layer of graphite, in that paper. Can't find it now. Seems like rubbing on carbide could produce a layer of graphite.