- See:
Characteristics of Metals and Implants:
- Discussion:
- more resistant to corrosion than
stainless steel;
- mechanically inferior to stainless steele and much more difficult and expensive to cast;
- has low duchtility, &
screws made of this material bond quite securely to bone;
- in removing a screw that has become securely anchored, it is easy to break the head off;
