Gravimetric Weight Loss and Wear Debris Particle Sizes (Over 10 Million Cycles of Simulated Loading)
| Average Volume Percent of Small (Phagocytosable) Particles | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fluid | Weight Loss (mg) | Type of Debris (EDAX) | Average Diameter (Volume) | Average Diameter (Number) | <1µm | <2µm | <5µm |
| Saline/Serum | Not detectable | Co-Cr alloy | 48.4µm | 3.2µm | 2.6% | 6.2% | 17.6% |
| Saline | 200 | Cr-Co-Oxide | 16.2µm | 0.2µm | 17.8% | 28.7% | 44.0% |