| In recent years, the development and use of biomaterials are expected to continuously increase over the coming decades as a result of ageing populations in the world. The biomaterials community is producing new and improved implant materials and techniques to meet this demand. A lot of new materials that have been produced in biomaterials field such as cobalt, magnesium, and titanium based alloys reinforced with ceramic. Many types of ceramics that suitable as reinforcement for these alloys such as bioactive glass, hydroxyapatite (HA), wollastonite, calcium pyrophosphate, boron carbide, silicium nitride, fluoroapatite (FA) and so many others. This paper reviews the research works carried out in the field of composite metal alloys reinforced with ceramic with special reference to their mechanical properties, corrosion and also bioactivity behavior. |
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